The name Tamaziɣt is the current native name of the Berber language in the Moroccan Middle Atlas and Rif regions and the Libyan Zuwarah region. In other Berber-speaking areas, this name was lost. ... Spain: Tamazight is spoken amongst Melilla's 80,000 inhabitants, but there has been no census as to the percentage of its speakers.

The original name (currently rendered as Rusadir) was a Punic language name, coming from the name given to the nearby Cape Three Forks. Addir meant "powerful". ... The first attempt to legislate a degree of recognition for Berber in Melilla was in 1994, in the context of the elaboration of the Statute of Autonomy, by mentioning the promotion of ...

Die Berbersprachen, auch Berberisch oder Berbisch (ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ Tamaziɣt), sind ein Zweig der afroasiatischen Sprachen, die in einigen Teilen Nordafrikas von Berbern gesprochen werden. Der Sprachraum erstreckt sich in West-Ost-Richtung vom Atlantik bis nach Ägypten, in Nord-Süd-Richtung vom Mittelmeer bis nach Niger.Das Berberische hat ungefähr 40 Millionen Sprecher.