Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs Yemeni Arabic materials

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1) Subject:Needs Yemeni Arabic materials

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Date: 10 Sep 2008
From:Afra Al-Mussawir <afraalmussawir at yahoo.com>
Subject:Needs Yemeni Arabic materials

Hi all,
I have a student who is specifically interested in Yemeni Arabic  
(urban, upper/middle class, educated dialect) -- does anyone here know  
of good, free online resources I could tell her about? She is a  
beginner, and I am teaching her MSA softened a bit so she doesn't  
sound like a TV news announcer, but I have no knowledge of  
characteristics of Yemeni dialects (phonological, lexical,  
grammatical, etc). Is qaf generally pronounced or has it converted to  
the equivalent of a hamza or a "g" sound? Should she say "kayf  
haaluka?" or "kayf haalek?" or "keefek?" or "shlonek?" or "zayyek?"  
or ... It's less important that she speak using the dialect than that  
she be able to understand others when they do.

Any help you can offer is much appreciated.
Afra Al-Mussawir

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