Central Asia Phrasebook

For anybody travelling to Central Asia this guide provides all the language needed to travel, shop, catch the sights and meet people. There are also cultural tips and chapters on pronunciation and grammar.

Chit-chat your way along the famous Silk Road with this broad-ranging phrasebook. And once you've made an effort to speak any of the native Central Asian languages with the locals, you won't need to look up the translation for the word 'hospitality'.Covers Uyghur, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Pashto, Tajik and more.

Uzbek is the national language of Uzbekistan, a central Asian country bordered by Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea. Formerly written in Cyrillic, Uzbek is presented here in the new official Roman alphabet to enable quick pronunciation. This compact guide allows those who are traveling to Uzbekistan to communicate and get around with ease in travel-related and daily life situations.

Uighur (Uyghur) is a Turkic language with almost 9 million native speakers, the majority residing in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in western China. It is also spoken in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, with smaller communities of Uighur speakers in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkey. This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to Central Asia with the tools they need to communicate in Uighur and experience the region fully. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for daily use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication, from introducing yourself to finding a doctor. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, and students, this guide includes 4,000 dictionary entries; phonetics that are intuitive for English speakers; essential phrases on topics such as transportation, dining out, and business; and concise grammar and pronunciation.

Turkmen is the official language of the Republic of Turkmenistan, where more than two million people speak it. There are a further one million Turkmen speakers divided between Iran, Afghanistan, and to a lesser extent Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, the United States, and Germany. Turkmen has been transliterated into various scripts, but in 1996 a specially modified Roman alphabet replaced the Cyrillic script in Turkmenistan. This book contains a resourceful two-way dictionary that indicates parts of speech and provides clear examples to help clarify ambiguous meanings. Also included are an informative grammar and a brief guide to pronunciation. A collection of travel-oriented phrases comprises such diverse topics as "Relief Aid" and "Getting Around." Important notes on Turkmen culture, as well as travel information, are also given.

This guide includes over 4,000 dictionary entries, plus an introduction to basic grammar. The helpful phrasebook covers subjects such as etiquette, shopping, government, and food and drink. It is written entirely in the Roman alphabet.