Ever larger numbers of people are starting to learn Arabic, while even more have some contact with the Arab world. Anyone who wishes to learn the language faces the hitherto formidable initial problem: the alphabet. This book proceeds step-by-step through all the letters of the Arabic alphabet, showing the sounds they stand for and how they are ...
This dictionary is an essential resource for students of Arabic and English alike. It covers their needs with the most up-to-date entries in handy reference form, and will especially prove to be an aid in navigating the growing vocabulary of politics, telecommunications, technology, the Internet, tourism, business, and travel. Compact and concise, ...
Dari is one of the official languages of Afghanistan along with Pashto. It shares a long literary history, both classical and modern, with the Persian (Farsi) of Iran, and the Tajik of Tajikistan, but over the centuries the languages have been split by politics and geography. Dan is written in a modified form of the Arabic script, but it has been ...
Pashto, also known as Pakhto, Pakhtu, or Pushto, is one of the official languages of Afghanistan and is also spoken in the neighbouring Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. This two-way dictionary and travel oriented phrasebook is an essential communication tool, particularly in the more remote Pashto-speaking regions. Features: romanised for ...
Urdu is the national language of Pakistan, one of the official languages of India, and it is spoken in the neighbouring regions of Afghanistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Urdu uses a modified version of the Arabic script, but it is presented here in the roman alphabet. The two-way dictionary and the practical, travel-oriented phrasebook pertain to ...
Swahili is one of the Bantu languages, which form the branch of the Niger-Congo family. Its vocabulary is basically Bantu, but many words are borrowed from Arabic.
Serbian is the language spoken in Serbia and by the Serbs who live in other parts of the former Yugoslavia. Due to its similarities to Croatian, the two languages used to be fused into Serbo-Croat, which was the official language of Yugoslavia until the break-up in the early 1990s. The user of this dictionary and phrasebook, however, will be ...
The enormous success of Mel Gibson's film 'The Passion of Christ' has revived interest in the Aramaic language. It is now recognised throughout the world as the language spoken by Christ and the Apostles. Contrary to popular belief, however, it is very much a 'living' language spoken today by the Assyrian peoples in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ...
Relied on for 20 years by resident and practicing anesthesiologists and CRNAs, this best-selling pocket reference is now in its Sixth Edition. In easy-to-scan outline format, it provides current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines for anesthesia procedures throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and ...
The Swahili-speaking coast of Africa has many attractions: its beaches, safaris, and great cultural diversity. This dictionary and phrasebook contains all of the vocabulary and phrases necessary to communicate in Swahili, the most widely spoken African language. Designed for the visitor, the phrasebook offers terms and phrases for travel and daily ...
This concise volume depicts London's evolution from a site on the fringe of the Roman Empire to the social, cultural, and political heart of Britain. Complemented by fifty illustrations, it highlights the troubles and triumphs that have seized the city and it's people over two millennia.
This concise depiction of the Islamic world features developments from the time of Muhammad and the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the complex political map of today. It clearly outlines and explains the major periods of Islam's phenomenal development and growth world-wide by focusing on the religious, cultural, and political achievements ...
This book is very helpful for travellers to Somalia. Included in the book are vocabulary sections, a phrasebook, pronunciation, and a brief outline of the language's grammar rules and information on local culture.
This up-to-date dictionary contains appendices of Serbo-Croatian and English irregular verbs. Its easy-to-use format makes it useful for travellers, businessmen or for the students.
Farsi, or Persian is the official language of Iran, where over half of the 67 million people speak the language. This version uses the Tehran standard of Farsi. In addition to a pronunciation guide and transliteration system of the Farsi alphabet, the book contains a resourceful two-way dictionary, an informative grammar section, and a ...
With names such as Astrik 'little star' and 'Kaspar 'one of the three wise men', this beautiful gift edition of over 400 Armenian girls' and boys' first names is more then a guide for parents-to-be. It intertwines the modernity and tradition of Armenian culture. Each name has been traced back to its meaning and origin, uncovering historical ...
Uzbek is the national language of Uzbekistan, a central Asian country bordered by Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan (in the south) and the Aral Sea ( in the north). A Turkic language, Uzbek has close to 20 million speakers in Uzbekistan, neighbouring countries (1 million in Afghanistan), and emigrant communities abroad. ...
Turkmen is the official language of the Republic of Turkmenistan, where more than two million people speak it. There are a further one million Turkmen speakers divided between Iran, Afghanistan, and to a lesser extent Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, the United States, and Germany. Turkmen has been transliterated into various scripts, but in 1996 a ...
This dictionary and phrasebook includes a dictionary of over 4,000 entries, plus an introduction to basic grammar and helpful phrasebook chapters covering subjects such as etiquette, the office, government, and food and drink. It is written entirely in the Roman alphabet. This unique language guides for getting around and communicating easily in ...
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