Saudi Arabic

Hippocrene Books. 380 pages. Includes 4,500 entries. The transliteration of words and expressions in Romanized Arabic is most helpful for users not familiar with the Arabic alphabet. The dictionary features both the Syrian and Egyptian dialect, thus doubling it's value for the user.

Hippocrene Books. 455 pages. Size 5?"x8?".

Hippocrene Books. Includes 3,500 entries (psst! This is a good book for adults, too). A

Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Includes 15 audio CD tapes, plus a 288-page textbook. Of the three dialects in Saudi Arabic, the Hijazi, the Najdi, and the Shargi, the Hijazi dialect is used throughout out the country for government and commercial purposes, and has become the most widely understood dialect on the Arabian Peninsula. Even so, there is no "standard" Hijazi dialect, but the basis for...