Libido language
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| Libido | ||
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| Spoken in: | Ethiopia | |
| Region: | Hadiyya, Kambaata, and Gurage Regions | |
| Total speakers: | 36,612 | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Cushitic East Highland Libido |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | liq | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
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. [1]
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
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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