--- product_id: 34398685 title: "Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) (Colloquial Series)" brand: "mohammad al-masri" price: "B/.172" currency: PAB in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/34398685-colloquial-arabic-levantine-colloquial-series store_origin: PA region: Panama --- # Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) (Colloquial Series) **Brand:** mohammad al-masri **Price:** B/.172 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) (Colloquial Series) by mohammad al-masri - **How much does it cost?** B/.172 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.pa](https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/34398685-colloquial-arabic-levantine-colloquial-series) ## Best For - mohammad al-masri enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted mohammad al-masri brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) (Colloquial Series) ## Images ![Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) (Colloquial Series) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61-qwzCBwZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Useful and readable introduction to colloquial Levantine Arabic. *by M***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2019* I’m a bit skeptical of these books that present some dialogue between two people in a falafel store and expect you to become fluent somehow. But as far as they are useful this is a good product. Little to no Arabic script it provided but if you are familiar with the dialect you will know this isn’t hugely useful unless they go to the trouble of transliterating spoken Levantine language. Certainly wouldn’t be useful for them to provide the standard Arabic used in newspapers etc. I think it’s a good resource to use for reference/expansion as long as you are doing spoken practice. Seems to fill a gap in the market; I’d use it along with the Lingualism books for more thorough gramatical reference/verb tables and so on. I’d just note that unlike some other books in the series, it seems to be well proofread and converted. ### ⭐⭐ Not as much of a course as a short phrasebook *by G***M on Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2015* This particular course has always been the weakest spot in usually very good Colloquial series. Even though this is a completely new book, I'm sorry to say Routledge hasn't taken into account any of the massive criticism directed at the previous editions, and the "course" is unlike other Colloquial courses, being more of a phrasebook with a very limited vocabulary.There are three Colloquial Arabic books published by Routledge, but only one (Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf) lives up to the high standard in Routledge's Colloquial Series. Having said that, even Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, though rather "light" by Routledge standards, is far better than this course.This book is unsatisfactory since:1. Learning a new language is reasonably hard, and most Colloquial books published by Routledge are about 300-400 pages. This one in barely 200 pages and, what is more, its font is enourmous. This means that the material in this book compares to 1/3 in another Colloquial book. I don't think Arabic is that much easier...2. In this very short book, you'll learn very little vocabulary. Colloquial courses like Colloqual Italian, Colloquial Czech or even Colloquial Icelandic teach over 2000 words. This book, in sharp contrast, does not even reach 1000 words.3. The grammar is explained very briefly, and you don't get any understanding of it.I'm very interested in Arabic, and the Arabic of the Levant in particular, so it's very disappointing that this book don't live up to the most rudimentary expectations. Routledge is renowned as the worlds leading publisher of high quality language courses (justified in 99% of the cases) and I sincerely hope that they will remove this disgrace and replace it with a book worthy their reputation. If you want to learn Colloquial Arabic, go to Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia. I'm afraid there's no great course on Levantine Arabic to recommend, but Elihay's course in four volumes is far better than this one, so is Kattab's Lebanese Arabic. ### ⭐⭐ Not enough practice in reading the script *by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2016* I think this book starts out in the right direction by spending adequate time on the Arabic script and then follows up with a brief linguistic analysis of phonological features. Unfortunately, I feel that way too much of the vocabulary, useful phrases, and reading exercises are presented in transliteration rather than actual Arabic script.I assume a purchaser of this book would be well informed of how difficult any of the dialects of Arabic are, so it's my opinion that forcing us to "sink or swim" with the script from the beginning would have been better. Or at least give us a choice. There's no way a beginner can go and back-form a vocab word in Arabic script based on the transliterations and be correct 100% of the time, especially in regards to the vowel diacritics.I think the recordings could use better planning as well. More repetitions of sounds in the beginning lessons, at various rates (slow-medium-conversational). A lot of the vowels and consonants sound the same. The native speaker is either poorly recorded, or there is a lack of training for the student on how to create and repeat sounds, for example the difference in articulation of pharyngeal and uvular consonants. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/34398685-colloquial-arabic-levantine-colloquial-series](https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/34398685-colloquial-arabic-levantine-colloquial-series) --- *Product available on Desertcart Panama* *Store origin: PA* *Last updated: 2026-11-12*