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PDF pending restorationBird, Charles S., Ed. – 1981
The dialects of Mandekan, a language spoken widely in West Africa, are described. The information was collected for the benefit of students of the languages, developers of texts in any of the dialects, and researchers in Mandekan-speaking areas. A phonetic grid of vowels, consonants, and tone establishes a broad system of symbols for transcription…
Descriptors: African Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Dyula, Language Variation
Qafisheh, Hamdi A. – 1977
This work seeks to fill important gaps existing in the study of Peninsular Arabic, especially that of the United Arab Emirates. It presents an explicit outline of the structure of Gulf Arabic, based on the dialect of Abu Dhabi. It is intended for students and teachers of Gulf Arabic, for linguists and dialectologists, and for other individuals who…
Descriptors: Arabic, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Grammar
