ABSTRACT

In this final part of the study we shall examine the characteristic features of dialects A and B as described in the preceding parts, noting also the presence or absence of any particular features in one or the other of these two dialect groups. In addition, we shall indicate the comparable forms found in the adjoining dialect areas and in particular in cUmani and Yamani, as these two, in certain respects, show closer correspondence with Bahrani speech-forms than the other dialects of the area. It would seem indeed that Qatifi and Hasäwi are also close to Bahrani Arabic but no detailed study of these two has yet been undertaken.