Product Description

This dictionary and phrasebook is designed to assist the student or traveler in expanding his or her knowledge of the Somali language and culture.

• Introduction to basic grammar
• Pronunciation guide
• Somali alphabet
• Somali to English and English to Somali dictionary
• Somali phrasebook, featuring all topics a visitor to Somali needs to know, including health care, time of day, dates, transportation, money, communication services, and much more
• Maps

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57655 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 175 pages

Language Notes
Text: English

About the Author
Nicholas Awde is an author and linguist specializing in the Caucasus, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. He has authored more than 25 titles.

Customer Reviews

Teaching English to Somali Adults
As an English teacher for Somali refugees this has been of great help. It doesn't always have all the words that we use in the US, but it does help me get the message accross. It has also has helped me understand their problems without having to always go to an interperter. It has alowed me to teach some difficult concepts when you are only panamiming. The students have really enjoyed me learnign their language. It gets me close enough to the correct pronunciation that they can correct me.

Northern Dialect
I'm learning Somali in order to better communicate with recently arrived refugees in the US, most of whom are from southern Somalia. Many of the entries in this dictionary are words used in the north of Somalia and are not understood by many from the south. People from Mogadishu, Kismayo, Jilib, and Galkaayo have told me this. That said, I have found the dictionary to be useful at times and is just about the only printed Somali-English/Eng-Som dictionary I have found.

Somali-English, English-Somali Dictionary Review
I purchased this small book for a refugee I am sponsering from Somalia. He was very excited to get this book and told me this is an excellent reference he can keep with him in his pocket while he is learning english and starting to work in america.