Rabat, March 22 -- After demands to declare Amazigh New Year, known as Yennayer in Morocco, a public holiday, Amazigh (Berber) activists are now calling on Google to integrate Tamazight (Berber) into Google Translate.

The French-based La Rando organization, managed by its Moroccan founder Karim Akachar, launched a petition to Google on Avaaz .

On March 20, La Rando announced the Google Translate team responded, saying the petition was "taken into account."

The petition has secured more than 36,579 signatures and aims for 50,000.

The petition reads: "North Africa is the bearer of a language and culture that have crossed centuries and enriched human civilization significantly."

Akachar added that over 60 million people speak Tamazight ...