January Books 29) Juba Arabic - English Dictionary, by Ian Smith and Morris T. Ama

[nwhyte]

I got home to find this waiting for me (would have been nice if it had arrived before I went to Juba) and skimmed through it to get the most important points. Juba Arabic is used as a lingua franca across Southern Sudan (where the official language is [sometimes] English, and most speak their own tribal language). I haven't as yet particularly felt

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Also a useful study guide for UN Secretary-Generals?

[ceemage]

Must admit, I immediately thought of you when I read this.

Esperanto

[brian_barker]

I think that the whole world needs a modern lingua franca, as well :)

My vote goes to the planned language, Esperanto. I say this as a native English speaker!

Your readers may be interested in the following video which can be seen at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a translator for the United Nations in Geneva

A glimpse of the Esperanto language can be seen at http://www.lernu.net