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Until the 20th century, the script was widely taught to all Muslims - including young women - in the primary education madrasahs of Kerala.^[2][3] Arabi-Malayalam is currently used in some of the primary education madrasahs of Kerala and Lakshadweep.^[4][5]

There were many complications to write Malayalam, a Dravidian language, using letters covering Arabic, a Semitic language. Only 28 letters were available from Arabic orthography to render over 53 phonemes of Malayalam. It was overcome by following the pattern of creating additional letters established for Persian.^[7] The letters such as {{lang|ml-Latn|pa}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|gha}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|kha}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|ṅa}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|ña}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|ḻa}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|ga}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|ca}} were not available in the Arabic alphabets. The characters which stand for {{lang|ml-Latn|ḻa}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|ca}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|pa}}, {{lang|ml-Latn|ga}} ({{lang|ml|ഴ, ച, പ, ഗ}}) are {{lang|ml-Arab|ژ, چ, پ, گ|rtl=yes}} respectively in Arabi Malayalam.

Most of the Mappila Songs were written, for the first time, in Arabi-Malayalam script. The earliest known such work is the Muhyidheen Mala, written in 1607.^[2][3]

A large number of literary works written in Arabi Malayalam still have not been transliterated to the Malayalam script, and some estimates put the number at almost 90 percent. These works, romantic ballads, folk tales and battle songs, contain some of the impressive literary achievements by Mappilas over the centuries.^[8]

The first Arabi Malayalam scripted novel, Chahar Dervesh, Malaylam translation of a Persian work, was published in 1883.^[9] Intellectuals such as Moyinkutty Vaidyar translated, and then transliterated significant number of works in Sanskrit - such as Ashtanga Hridaya, Amarakosa, Pancatantra and even the legends about the Hindu king Vikramaditya - into Arabi Malayalam.^[10] Sanskrit medical texts - such as Upakarasara, Yogarambha and Mahasara - were also translated, and then transliterated into Arabi-Malayalam by scholars like Abdurahiman Musaliar of Ponnani Putiyakattu.^[10] Arabi Malayalam script periodicals made remarkable contributions to the reform movement amongst the Mappilas in the early 20th century. Al-Irshad, published in 1923 by the Muslim Aikya Sangham played an important role in explaining the doctrines of Islam to the common Mappila and distinguishing between what the reformers called religious practices and "superstitions".^[11]

See also

• Arwi
• Judeo-Malayalam
• Suriyani Malayalam
• Beary bashe

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