International edition of a classic reference work, first ed, 1970, rev. ed. 1998. This is the latest edition.standard work in the study of Arabic, with lessons, vocabulary
I suppose I should have known by looking at the squiggles that I wouldn't be able to learn Arabic in a book. It helped to get an understanding of some of the concepts of how the language/numbers work, but you can't hear how to pronounce anything from the book...