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Article: The Arabic Dialect of Qift (Upper Egypt): Grammar and Classified Vocabulary.
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
- Author:
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Nishio is no stranger to Arabic dialect studies. His 1992 book on the Bedouin Jbali dialect of southern Sinai is a major contribution (see my review, JAOS 114 [1994]: 471-72). There have not been many recent linguistic investigations of colloquial Sa idi (Upper) Egyptian Arabic. Among the more important researchers who have preceded Nishio have been M. Doss, A. A. Khalafallah, P. Behnstedt, and M. Woidich. As one looks through this impressive collection of new material based on the author's fieldwork in Qift (the Arabicized form of Old Egyptian gbtyw, Greek koptus), 25 kilometers south of Qena, it is immediately apparent that there are many similarities between Upper ...
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