Libido language

Libido language

language
name=Libido
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Ethiopia
region=Hadiyya, Kambaata, and Gurage Regions
speakers=36,612
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Cushitic
fam3=East
fam4=Highland
iso3=liq

Libido (also known as Maraqo, Marako) is an Afro-Asiatic language of Ethiopia, spoken in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, north-east of Hosaena. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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.

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=liq Ethnologue entry for Libido]


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