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Along with an introduction to Eastern Armenian and the Republic of Armenia, the work also includes a concise grammar and pronunciation section. A 3,000 word bilingual dictionary offers essential vocabulary while the extensive 32 chapter phrasebook helps travellers deal with topics such as shopping, travel and healthcare.

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This completely revised and updated edition provides a useful companion for all visitors to Georgia. Now with Georgian script included, the book allows users to read signs or point to a phrase they're trying to say.

Provides a Resource for understanding Iranian culture, language, and travel through in an easy-to-use romanized format. Perfect for traveles, relief workers, language enthusiasts and Iranian descendants.

The indispensable resource for Kurdish Kurmanji!Kurmanji,also known as Northern Kurdish, is the most widely spoken Kurdish language withapproximately 16 million speakers worldwide. The Kurds are spread across thecountries of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, as well as Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijanand Lebanon. There is also a large diaspora of Kurds, which is especiallyprominent in Europe. In all there are estimated to be about 40 million speakers of the Kurdishlanguages worldwide.This unique two-part resource uses theofficial Kurmanji Latin alphabet and provides users with tools for dailyinteractions. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everydayuse, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics.Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, students, and aid workers, this guideincludes: 6,000 dictionary entries Essential phrases on subjects such as healthcare, time, dates, transportation, money, communication services and much more Concise grammar and pronunciation sections A guide to the Kurdish Kurmanji alphabet Map of the Middle East

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 a 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 combined into words. Nothing essential is left out, but no unnecessary complications are added. Readers will find that progress is rapid and will be surprised at the relative ease with which they master the first steps in learning this increasingly important world language.The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read and Write It belongs on the desk of every student of the language, in the luggage of every visitor to the Middle East, in the briefcase of all business people with Arab clients, and in the back pocket of all employees of British or American companies working for a time in an Arab country.

Not intended to be used as a research tool, this work offers a practical aid for the first steps in communication with an intentionally easy-to-use pronunciation system. An attempt has been made to provide phrases and scenes from every day life, as well as items of practical background information.

Presents papers covering the history, religion and culture of the Armenian people, from the 10th anniversary conference of the Association Internationale des Etudes Armeniennes held at the school of Oriental and African Studies, London.

These language dictionaries and phrasebooks from Hippocrene target language and are designed with the needs of the student or traveler in mind.

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Uzbek is the national language of Uzbekistan, a central Asian country bordered by Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea. Formerly written in Cyrillic, Uzbek is presented here in the new official Roman alphabet to enable quick pronunciation. This compact guide allows those who are traveling to Uzbekistan to communicate and get around with ease in travel-related and daily life situations.

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.

The dictionary & phrasebook series now offers 67 languages! Each book comprises an introduction to the language, an alphabet and pronunciation guide, a basic grammar, a two-way dictionary, and a phrasebook. The grammar section presents the language's main features, such as verbs, nouns, adjectives, gender and declension. Easy-to-follow explanations enable users to have simple conversations with native speakers. Western Armenian is the language spoken by most of the seven million Diaspora Armenians who live outside their historic homeland. Western Armenian speakers form the majority of Armenian spoken in the United States, Iran, and the Middle East. The language has helped to preserve a unified Armenian sense of identity and common cultural heritage throughout the world. This Dictionary & Pharsebook, an extension of that cultural heritage, offers insight into the historical roots of the Diaspora and provides an invaluable reference to the language itself. The book contains a resourceful two-way dictionary, an informative grammar section, and a collection of travel-oriented phrases. Armenian has its own unique alphabet, but to facilitate pronunciation, this book uses a commonsense Roman transliteration system.

What does Islam really say about women? This work is a collection of major references to women in the Quran and Hadiths. Topics covered include hygiene, divorce, marriage, sex and chastity, inheritance, and status and rights.