Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic: English-Arabic, Arabic-English (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics)

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Author: Beverly E. Clarity

ISBN-10: 0878401369

ISBN-13: 9780878401369

Category: Arabic language -> Dialects -> Iraq -> Foreign Language Study

Originally offered in two separate volumes, A Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic, a staple of Georgetown University Press's world-renowned Arabic language program, now handily provides both the English to Arabic and Arabic to English texts in one volume. Designed for an English speaker learning Arabic, this is a key reference for anyone learning the colloquial speech of Iraq as spoken by educated people in Baghdad. Using romanized transliteration and transcription rather than the Arabic alphabet, it...

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The dictionary combines two separate dictionaries published in the 1960s, and is meant to be used in a colloquial Iraqi Arabic course in conjunction with a grammar reference in the same series. The focus is on the basic vocabulary of Muslims in Baghdad, though some usage is included from southern Iraq. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR