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Original data from secret languages in Tashlhiyt Berber are presented. Within a root-and-template approach to word formation, it is shown that peripheral vowels are phonologically long in Tashlhiyt although they surface as short.

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This article adresses the controversial whether schwas exist in Tashliyt Berber and their phonological or phonetic status.

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This page is a summary of: Peripheral vowels in Tashlhiyt Berber are phonologically long: Evidence from Tagnawt, a secret language used by women, Brill s Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics, June 2010, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/187666310x12688137960740.
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