Libido language

Libido
Spoken in Ethiopia
Region Gurage, Hadiya, Kembata regions
Native speakers 58,800  (2007 census)[1]
Language family
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.

Notes

  1. ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
  2. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Libido", Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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