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Language and Literature: Egypt

Includes linguistics, online dictionaries, grammars, teaching aids

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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
Collections and Services Directorate

Calligraphy Qalam: An Introduction to Arabic, Ottoman and Persian Calligraphy (http://calligraphyqalam.com/index.html)
This website contains information on the history, various styles, techniques, classes, as well as a gallery of various types of calligraphy in the Arabic script

Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=EG)
Searching this comprehensive English language ethnological site by country name will yield lists and articles of the languages and linguistic groups spoken and read in it.

Kenuzi-Dongola (http://www.rosettaproject.org/archive/kzh)
Shows how Kenuzi-Dongola, one of the lesser-spoken languages of Egypt fits into world language classifications

Nobiin Language (http://www.answers.com/topic/nobiin-language)
Gives information about this Northern Nubian Language

Siwi Language (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1780802?seq=1)
Explains the complexity of Siwi as it is a Hamitic Language which contains a great deal of Semitic influence



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