Arabi Malayalam script

This article is about the writing system. For the language, see Arabi Malayalam.
Arabi Malayalam
Ponnani Script
عَرَبِ مَلَیٰاۻَمْ‎
پٗنّٰانِ لِپِ‎
Script type
Time period
c. 500 to the present
LanguagesMalayalam
Related scripts
Parent systems
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Arabi Malayalam script (Malayalam: അറബി-മലയാളം, Arabi Malayalam: عَرَبِ مَلَیٰاۻَمْ), also known as Ponnani script,[1][2][3] is a writing system — a variant form of the Arabic script with special orthographic features — for writing Arabi Malayalam, a Dravidian language in southern India.[4][5] Though the script originated and developed in Kerala, today it is predominantly used in Malaysia and Singapore by the migrant Muslim community.[citation needed]

Until the 20th century, the script was widely taught to all Muslims in the primary education madrasahs of Kerala.[6] Arabi-Malayalam is currently used in some of the primary education madrasahs of Kerala and Lakshadweep.[7][8]

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  2. ^ Panakkal, Abbas (2016). Islam in Malabar (1460-1600) : a socio-cultural study /. Kulliyyah Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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  5. ^ "Malayalam Resource Centre". archive.ph. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ Menon. T. Madhava. "A Handbook of Kerala, Volume 2", International School of Dravidian Linguistics, 2002. pp. 491-493.
  7. ^ "Arabi Malayalam in Lakshadweep". Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
  8. ^ "SAMASTHA – Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama | samastha.info". Retrieved 11 January 2023.