NTC's Gulf Arabic-English Dictionary

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Summary: Most complete GA dictionary, but confusing.
Review: Odd dictionary, which uses arabic letters for each of the gulf arabic roots, which is a problem for learners non-readers of Arabic. This does also lead to confusion - jiim, for example, is used both for words containing classical jiim and classical qaaf. This would be fair if there wasn't a good degree of flexibility in "Gulf Arabic". Personally I find it confusing. I find Dr. Qafisheh's previous "Glossary of Gulf Arabic" (pub. Librairie du Liban) more useful esp. as it is GA-English and English-GA, but this new work is more complete.

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Summary: Anyone going to Persian gulf countries this is good
Review: This book is for the Arabic spoken in qatar saudi UAE and Kuwait very helpful. Hard to use until you are familar with tonal language rules