From script to language: the three identities of ‘Arabic-Tamil’

Autor: Torsten Tschacher
Rok vydání: 2017
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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