On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:59:44 -0700, B. Garcia <madyaas@...> wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:40:33 EDT, Adam
>Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious <aczj5@...> wrote:
>>
>> I've noticed that some of you have studied Arabic, and maybe some have
>> learned quite a bit of it. What dialect(s) have you learned? Where did
>> you learn it? Are any of you who might know the Eastern dialect to
>> tutor me? lol
I once wanted to learn it but the class was so crowded that they only took
those who had enrolled even though no enrollment was required...
>On that, can anyone tell me how different the various (well, well
>known dialects) are? Egyptian Arabic seems to confuse those who learn
>the standard (like all of the Defense Language Institute students I
>know here). I hear Lebanese Arabic has it's own distinct accent.
Some differences are listed at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Arabic
gry@s:
j. 'mach' wust