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Article: Die agyptisch-arabischen Dialekte, vol. 4: Glossar, Arabisch-Deutsch.(Review)

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By PETER BEHNSTEDT and MANFRED WOIDICH. Beihefte zum Tubinger Atlas des vorderen Orients, series B, no. 50.4. Wiesbaden: DR. LUDWIG REICHERT VERLAG, 1994. Pp. xiii + 513. DM 98.

If your sun bread is triangular, you must be in Kom Lolah! For those who have not yet had the chance to visit Egypt's more obscure backwaters, this work provides a vicarious linguistic tour through Kafr il-Ballas, il-Kitkateh, Izbit il-Basili and a host of towns and villages throughout Egypt. And whether you need to adjust a plow, build an oven, or fix a water wheel on the way, you won't be at a loss for words. This Arabic-German glossary is volume four, part one of Die ...

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