Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic teacher in Sudan response

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Date: 08 Dec 2008
From:<Mutarjm at aol.com>
Subject:Arabic teacher in Sudan response

Greetings.

Ref to this query posted on the ARABIC-L list.

Since your friend lives in the Khartoum area, she might inquire at the  
Institute of Asian and African Languages based at the U. of Khartoum.

The British Embassy (which used to operate its internal language  
familiarization program for training newly-arrived officers and  
staffers) or the British Council (if that is still active there)  
should also be able to recommend some reputable tutors.

If all else fails, for self-study (and recommended practice in the  
souqs) she might get a copy of the organized and detailed textbook  
“Sudanese Colloquial Arabic for Beginners,” by Andrew Persson. That  
272-page paperback was first published circa 1979 by the Summer  
Institute of Linguistics (SIL) in UK, and its 3d impression with  
corrections appeared in 1984; ASIN is B0007BS98. Copies are reportedly  
still available at the bookstores in Khartoum or online = amazon.com).

Another introductory work is “Spoken Sudanese Arabic: Grammar,  
Dialogues, and Glossary,” by Elizabeth M. Bergman (Dunwoody Press, USA).

There are a very few other descriptive books in the English on the  
Sudanese (read Khartoumi) dialect of Arabic, but they may be unsuited  
to your friend's interests and available time. Glad to provide details.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
Arabic dialectologist
San Pedro, California

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