From script to language: the three identities of ‘Arabic-Tamil’
Autor: | Torsten Tschacher |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
060303 religions & theology 060101 anthropology History Sociology and Political Science Arabic General Arts and Humanities 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion language.human_language Linguistics Tamil language 0601 history and archaeology Sri lanka Arabic script |
Zdroj: | South Asian History and Culture. 9:16-37 |
ISSN: | 1947-2501 1947-2498 |
DOI: | 10.1080/19472498.2017.1411052 |
Popis: | Since at least the eighteenth century, Muslims in southern India and Sri Lanka have been employing the Arabic script to record Tamil texts. Popularly known as ‘Arabic-Tamil’ or ‘Arwi’, this... |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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