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'''Douiret''' (also called '''Tataouine''', '''Shilha''' or '''ChninniDouiri''') is a [[Berber languages|Berber language variety]] spoken in [[Douiret]] in the southern part of mainland [[Tunisia]]. Like all other varieties of Tunisian Berber, it is also referred to as ''Shilha''. IT is close related to the Berber variety of [[Chenini]].<ref name=Gabsi/>

== Phonology ==

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* Pharyngeal sounds [fˤ, mˤ, dˤ, zˤ, rˤ, nˤ, lˤ] are mostly heard as allophonic variants of /f, m, d, z, r, n, l/ within intervocalic and pharyngeal positions.

* Sounds /t, k/ may have aspirated allophones of [tʰ, kʰ] when in word-final and pre-consonantal positions.

* /k, ɡ, ɣ/ may also have labialized allophones as [kʷ, ɡʷ, ɣʷ].<ref name=Gabsi>{{Cite book |last=Gabsi |first=Zouhir |title=An outline of the Shilha (Berber) vernacular of Douiret (Southern Tunisia) |publisher=Sydney: University of Western Sydney |year=2003}}</ref>

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