Matmata Berber is a dialect of the Zenati branch of the Berber language family, spoken primarily around the town of Matmâta and surrounding villages, including Taoujjout, Tamezret, and Zrawa, in southern Tunisia. This dialect is an integral part of Tunisia’s Berber-speaking population, which historically resided in the region. The speakers of Matmata Berber refer to their language as “Tmaziɣṯ” or “Eddwi nna,” meaning “our speech,” reflecting a strong sense of cultural identity. In Tunisian Arabic, the dialect is known as “Shelha” or “Jbali”  Matmata Berber is a language with limited documentation. The most well-known record of this dialect is a collection of fairy tales published by the linguist Stumme in…