From Pharaoh's Lips: Survivals from the Ancient Egyptian Language in the Arabic of Today (Fascinating Peek at Egypts Linguistic Heritage)

by Ahmad Abdel - Hamid Youssef (Author), Golo (Illustrator), Fayza Haikal (Illustrator)

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  2003

  $12.97

  The modern Egyptian Arabic dialect is one of the most distinctive in the Arabic-speaking world precisely because of its illustrious heritage from the country's ancient past. Youssef spends a day in the Egyptian countryside, taking note of the many expressions once used by the ancient Egyptians.