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Cover illustration: Assyrian School of Mosul, 1920s–1930s; courtesy Dr. Robin Beth Shamuel, Iraq.
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Names: Murre-van den Berg, H. L. (Hendrika Lena), 1964– illustrator. | Sanchez-Summerer, Karene, editor. | Baarda, Tijmen C., editor.
Title: Arabic and its alternatives : religious minorities and their languages in the emerging nation states of the Middle East (1920–1950) / edited by Heleen Murre-van den Berg, Karène Sanchez, Tijmen C. Baarda.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Christians and Jews in Muslim societies, 2212–5523 ; vol. 5 | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019058022 (print) | LCCN 2019058023 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004382695 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004423220 (nook edition)
Subjects: LCSH: Middle East—Languages. | Linguistic minorities—Middle East—History. | Religious minorities—Middle East—History. | Minorities—Middle East—History. | Multilingualism—Middle East—History. | Languages in contact—Middle East—History. | Language and culture—Middle East—History.
Classification: LCC P381.M53 A73 2020 (print) | LCC P381.M53 (ebook) | DDC 306.44/0956—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019058022
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019058023
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ISSN 2212-5523
ISBN 978-90-04-38269-5 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-42322-0 (e-book)
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