the population, although people of good cultural level are able to express themselves in official Arabic. Notwithstanding the recent filling up of urban areas to the detriment of rural ones has led to a growing decrease in local dialectal variations, we can still identify three main areas of different shades of the Emirate dialect: Abu Dhabi (including Al-'Ayn, the western region and islands), the Northern Emirates (including Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain and part of Ras al-Khaimah) and the East Coast (including Fujairah, Khawr Fakkan, and the remainder of Ras al-Khaimah). To give a practical example, the word "mob (مب)" a negation which simply translates to "Not" should be mentioned with its variations: "mesh (مش)" in Abu Dhabi, "mob (مب)" in the Northern Emirates and "ma (ما)" in the East Coast. Furthermore, the unification of the United Arab Emirates has contributed to making changes to the locally spoken dialect. Due to the Emirates' aggressive globalisation, it has been necessary to identify a more standard method of communication to interact with foreigners. As a result, the Emirati dialect has received influences from other Arabic dialects and foreign languages. Words from the technical language have often an English origin and have arrived in the Persian Gulf through interchanges with the English and Indian population, and then have been adapted to an Arabic pronunciation. Moreover, in the spoken Emirati language it is common to substitute some letters with others of similar sound: the "j" can become "y"; the "k" can become "ch"; the "q" can become "g" or "j". There is also a guide book for the Arabic dialect of the Emirates, Spoken Emirati, and an Italian version, Dialetto Emiratino, edited by Nico de Corato together with Hanan Al Fardan and Abdulla Al Kaabi, authors of the original English version. Loanwords Some examples of loanwords in Emirati Arabic: - soman 'equipment' from Urdu. - dreywal 'driver' from English. - seedah '''front' from Urdu. - khashoogah 'spoon' from Farsi. - dareesha 'window' from Farsi. - bushkar 'servant' from Farsi. - acancel 'I cancel' from English. - dowshag 'mattress' from Farsi. - lait 'light' from English. - orradi 'already' from English. - sandiweech 'sandwich' from English. - jooty 'shoe' from Farsi. - saycal 'bicycle' from English. - kahb 'cap' from English. - burwaz 'frame' from Turkish. - chup 'shut up' from Urdu. - motahr 'car/motor' from English. - dekaan 'store' from Farsi. - daftar 'notebook'