Najdi Arabic : central Arabian /
The region of Najd in Central Arabia has always been regarded as inaccessible, ringed by a belt of sand deserts, the Nafud, Dahana and the Rub' al-Khali and often with its population at odds with the rulers of the outer settled lands. It is however the centre of a purely Arabian culture based o...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©1994.
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Colección: | London Oriental and African language library ;
v. 1. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The region of Najd in Central Arabia has always been regarded as inaccessible, ringed by a belt of sand deserts, the Nafud, Dahana and the Rub' al-Khali and often with its population at odds with the rulers of the outer settled lands. It is however the centre of a purely Arabian culture based on a partnership between bedouin camel husbandry and settled palm cultivation. Possibly as a result of overpopulation the bedouin have periodically spread over into the lands of the Fertile Crescent. Because of their isolated position the Najdi dialect is of a very interesting and archaic type showing ver. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 215 pages) : map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index. |
ISBN: | 9789027283122 9027283125 |