Sergio Baldi, Dictionnaire des emprunts arabes dans les langues de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et en swahili, Paris: Karthala, 2008, 622 pp.
Journal Title: Studies in African Languages and Cultures - Year 2009, Vol 1, Issue 43
Abstract
A review of a book "Dictionnaire des emprunts arabes dans les langues de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et en swahili" by Sergio Baldi
Authors and Affiliations
Nina Pawlak
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