Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Numidia" in English language version.
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Numidic kings and elites spoke and used Punic as the official language while peasants spoke Berber. The Carthaginian idiom was in use until the third century CE
Punic was employed as the official language of the Numidian kingdom, as is shown by monumental inscriptions and coin legends. Numidia even became something of a centre of Punic literary culture. In 146 BC the Romans presented to Micipsa the captured library of Carthage, and in the following century, as has been seen, a Numidian king (Hiempsal II) wrote a history of his country in Punic.
Native Kings. Bokkar. At the beginning of the third century BC, Morocco was ruled by Bokkar, who resided in Tangier, the capital of the kingdom, and was a lieutenant of the Numidian king Syphax. In 202 BC, after Syphax's capture, he became a vassal of Massinissa.
The war turned to the advantage of Massinissa, ally of the Romans. Syphax was taken prisoner (202) and Bokkar became the vassal of the victor. "Massinissa," says St. Gsell, "dreamed of being for Punic civilization what the Macedonian...
In 202 BC, it was the residence, say the Ancients, of Bokkar, king of Morocco, lieutenant of Syphax the Numidian, vassal of Massinissa. In 105 BC, Bokkus I, ally of Sylla, delivered his son-in-law Jugurtha to the Romans
