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Arabi Malayalam

Dialect of Malayalam used by Mappila Muslims

Arabi Malayalam
Summary

Dialect of Malayalam used by Mappila Muslims

FieldValue
nameArabi Malayalam
nativenameعَرَبِ مَلَیَاۻَمٛ
altnameMappila Malayalam
imageArabiMalayalam alphabet.png
statesIndia
speakersMalabar Muslims
familycolorDravidian
fam2Southern
fam3Southern I
fam4Tamil–Kannada
fam5Tamil–Kota
fam6Tamil–Toda
fam7Tamil–Irula
fam8Tamil–Kodava–Urali
fam9Tamil–Malayalam
fam10Malayalamoid
fam11Malayalam
ancestorOld Tamil
ancestor2Middle Tamil
scriptArabi Malayalam script
isoexceptiondialect
glottomopl1237
glottorefnameMoplah

the Arabi Malayalam dialect of Malayalam

Arabi Malayalam (also called Mappila Malayalam and Moplah Malayalam) is the traditional Malayalam dialect of the Mappila Muslim community. It is spoken by several thousand people, predominantly in the Malabar Coast of Kerala state, southern India. The form can be classified as a regional dialect in northern Kerala, or as a class or occupational dialect of the Mappila community. It can also be called a vernacular in general, or as a provincial patois, with the latter label being increasingly applicable in Colonial times. All the forms of Malayalam, including the Mappila dialect, are mutually intelligible.

The Mappila form shows some lexical admixture from Arabic and Persian.

The variety Arabi Malayalam is also used by lower castes non-Muslims in northern Kerala, Muslims in Dakshina Kannada, and different Mappila migrant communities in South East Asia.

Writing system

Main article: Arabi Malayalam script

Arabi-Tamil]], text on the right hand side, Arabi Malayalam script

The Arabi Malayalam script is an Abjad. The script is also known as Khatafunnani or Ponnani script. It is also used to write several minority languages such as Eranadan and Jesri.

Arabi Malayalam came into being as Malayalam written in the Arabic script. The Malayalam language was mainly used to spread the ideas and practices of Islam in Kerala. Creating Arabi Malayalam made it easier for the Arabs who migrated to Kerala to spread the religion without a language barrier getting in the way.

Study center

Malayalam University has been set up as a centre for studies of Arabi Malayalam language at Tirur.

References

References

  1. Kottaparamban, Musadhique. (1 October 2019). "Sea, community and language: a study on the origin and development of Arabi- Malayalam language of mappila muslims of Malabar". Muallim Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.
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  3. Kottaparamban, Musadhique. (2 October 2019). "Sea, Community and Language: A Study on the Origin and Development of Arabi- Malayalam Language of Mappila Muslims of Malabar". Muallim Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.
  4. Subramoniam, V. I. (1997). ''Dravidian Encyclopaedia''. Vol. 3, Language and literature. Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): International School of Dravidian Linguistics. pp. 508-09. [http://worldcat.org/isbn/818569222X]
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  8. Arafath, P. K. Yasser. (July 2020). "Polyglossic Malabar: Arabi-Malayalam and the Muhiyuddinmala in the age of transition (1600s–1750s)". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.
  9. Kunnath, Ammad. (15 September 2015). "The rise and growth of Ponnani from 1498 AD To 1792 AD". Department of History.
  10. Panakkal, Abbas. (2016). "Islam in Malabar (1460-1600) : a socio-cultural study /". Kulliyyah Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia.
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