Libido language
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| Libido | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | Gurage, Hadiya, Kembata regions |
| Native speakers | 58,800 (2007 census)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | liq |
Libido (also known as Mareqo, Marako) is an Afro-Asiatic language of Ethiopia, which is spoken in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, north-east of Hosaena.[2]
It is closely related to Hadiyya and grouped as Highland East Cushitic. Its syntax is SOV; its verb has passive, reflexive and causative constructions, as well as a middle voice.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Libido", Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] Further reading
- Korhonen, Elsa, Mirja Saksa, and Ronald J. Sim. 1986. A dialect study of Kambaata-Hadiyya (Ethiopia) [part 1]. Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 5: 5-41.
- Korhonen, Elsa, Mirja Saksa, and Ronald J. Sim. 1986. A dialect study of Kambaata-Hadiyya (Ethiopia), [part 2]: Appendices. Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 6: 71-121.
[edit] External links
- "Map of Libido", LL-MAP website
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