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<div>1) Subject: Osama's dialect & SA dialect response<br>
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Date: 04 Jan 2002<br>
From: Mutarjm@aol.com<br>
Subject: Osama's dialect & SA dialect response<br>
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<font face="Arial" size="-1">Greetings,<br>
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Based on what is audible, Mr. bin Laden and his Saudi Arabian guest
are conversing in a local "Jeddawi/Mekkawi" colloquial of
the Hijazi dialect. Some Saudi Arabian friends here (graduate students
from Jeddah & Mekkah) placed and followed the dialect, although a
few added that traces of Hadramauti (Yemeni coastal region) show in
several pronunciations and inflections.<br>
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There is no _one best_ or comprehensive text on the several Saudi
dialects, as the dialects in the country are regionally
distinctive.<br>
<br>
Some references in English on regional Saudi dialects are the works
by:<br>
<br>
o Bruce Ingham - Najdi/Central Arabia => Nefud (recent
publication)<br>
<br>
o the late Theodor Prochazka - all SA dialects<br>
<br>
o Margaret K. (Omar) Nydell - urban Hijazi (includes
audiotapes)<br>
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o the late Thomas Johnstone - one of the pioneering works
on Eastern Arabic dialects<br>
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o Mahmoud Esmael Sieny - urban Hijazi<br>
<br>
o Peter Abboud - Najdi (Ph.D. dissertation at UT Austin
and later published, IIRC)<br>
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While there are several other references around (some new items
published in the Arabic seem especially detailed and descriptive about
the Hijazi dialects spoken around al-Ta'if and Mekkah), these authors
cited above produced the 'bedrock' works.<br>
<br>
o Most of their titles (via author search) should be available
via web searches.<br>
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o Some out-of-print items are perhaps obtainable via
interlibrary loan, in sha' Allah.<br>
<br>
HTH. Khair, in sha' Allah.<br>
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Regards from Los Angeles,<br>
<br>
Stephen H. Franke<br>
(Arabian Peninsula and<br>
Gulf Arabic dialectologist)</font></div>
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