This Reader was developed for use in an intermediate level course for Adeni Arabic. It assumes knowledge of the content of the "Arabic Adeni Textbook" or its equivalent. Its purpose is to present the student with a broader and more specialized vocabulary as well as to provide exposure to the syntax of the dialect. There are variations within Adeni Arabic which correlate with the education level of the speakers. Educated speakers tend to avoid certain colloquial expressions. They shift to more formal language (diglossia) when speaking about political, economic, social, and religious topics. It is often possible to infer, if not the social class, then the degree of education of speakers by the way they speak and the expressions they avoid. This fact had some bearing on the author's choice of native speakers and on the subject matter of the selections.The text of most of the selections is based on field tapes recorded by natives of Aden with different educational and social backgrounds. The selections received some editing for educational purposes. The Reader consists of forty five selections preceded by a transcription and pronunciation system to acquaint the learner with the transcription employed throughout the Reader. The symbols used for the transliteration are the most commonly employed for Arabic dialects. In speech sometimes short vowels are omitted because of elision and assimilation or because of the differences in pronunciation among native speakers. The student should keep this in mind when working with the Reader selections.

Introduction --Preface -- Abbreviations -- Transcription system -- Adeni selections -- dōra fi madīnat 'adan / A tour of the city of Aden -- ṣīra assāḥil / The coastal Sirah -- bustān aṭṭawīla wa ṣṣahārīg / The taweela garden and the dams -- maqyal bi sāḥil abyan / A Qat party on Abyan Beach -- al'aḥbāsh fi tārikh alyaman alqadīm / The Ethiopians in the ancient history of Yemen -- iqtiṣād allyaman addīmuqrāṭiyya / The economy of democratic Yemen -- azzirā'a fi lyaman alganūbi / Agrculture in south Yemen -- lamḥa 'an assiyāsa fi 'adan / A glance/look at the politics in Aden -- 'ilāqāt 'adan ma' arrūs / Aden's relations with the Russians -- khiṭāb arra'īs alyamani fi 'īd attōra / The Yemeni President's speech on the anniversary of the revolution -- taṣḥīḥ brotokōl atta'āwun al'iqtiṣādi ma' al'ittiḥād assōfyāti / Signing an economic cooperation protocol with the USSR -- 'adan tihāgim taṣrīhāt rēgin 'an alyaman alganūbiyya / Aden assails President Reagan's comments on south Yemen -- tārikh algāmi'a l'arabiyya / The history of the Arab League -- hē'at al'umam almuttaḥida / The United Nations almunaḍḍama tibādil al'asra 'an ṭarīq aṣṣalīb al'aḥmar / PLO exchanges prisoners through the Red Cross -- masqaṭ wa 'adan yi'linu 'an iqāmat al'ilāqāt addiblumāsiyya bēnhum / Muscat and Aden announce bilateral diplomatic relations -- musallaḥ 'arabi aṭlaq nnār 'ala ssafīr al'urduni li lhind / An Arab gunman shoots the Jordanian Ambassador to India -- igtimā' ra'īs maglis ashsha'b ma'wafd almāni / Meeting of the President of the People's assembly with the German delegation -- al'ummāl alyamaniyyīn wa mushkilat man' zōgāthum min assakan ma'hum / The Yemeni workers and the problem of forbiding their wives from living with them -- riḥla ila bustān alkammisri / A trip to al-Kammisry Garden -- 'ādāt al'īd fi 'adan / The 'id practices in Aden -- azzawāg fi 'adan / Marriage in Aden -- ziyārat al'ēdarūs / A visit to al-'Idarus -- zuwāg bila guhhāl / A childless marriage -- alwulēd annūnu / A baby boy -- addafn fi lyaman / A funeral in Yemen -- attadarrun fi 'adan hu tālit mushkila ṣiˍḥiyya ba'd almalārya wa amrāḍ aṭṭufūla / Cancer is the third health probelem in Aden after malaria and childhood diseases -- mushkilat alqāt fi 'adan The Qat problem in Aden -- salma zzaghīra / Little Salma -- khaṭf walad zaghīr / Kidnapping of a small boy -- 'ammati fi awwal riḥla fi ṭṭayyāra / My (paternal) aunt on her first plane trip -- alwalad azzaghīr wa ukhtuh / A little boy and his sister -- albakhīl / The greedy (man) -- arriggāl asskrān / The drunkard (man) -- alkhāla wa bint ṭabīntih / The stepmother and her stepdaughter -- ḥuzzāya min ḥuzzāyāt giddati / One of my grandmother's tales -- kābūs / A nightmare -- almuhāwaza / Flirting -- bi sabab ḥurma / Because of a woman -- kēf takhallaṣ guḥa min duyūnuh / How Juha got rid of his debts -- guḥa / Juha -- kēf bada'at alḥarb fi 'adan / How the war started in Aden -- attōra almarksiyya fi lyaman / The Marxist Revolution in Yemen attuwwār yiddi'u annaṣr / The rebels claim victory -- quwwāt attuwwār alyamaniyyīn / The forces of the Yemeni rebels -- Glossary.