Native to Ethiopia ISO 639-3 liq | Native speakers 64,000 (2007 census) Glottolog libi1250 | |
Region Gurage, Hadiya, Kembata regions Language family Afro-Asiatic
Cushitic
Highland East
Hadiyya
Libido | ||
Libido (also known as Mareqo, Mareko) is an Afroasiatic language of Ethiopia, which is spoken in the Mareko district Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, directly south-east of Butajira. It has about 64,000 native speakers (2007 census).
It is closely related to Hadiyya (a dialect per Blench 2006) within the Highland East Cushitic languages. Its syntax is SOV; its verb has passive, reflexive and causative constructions, as well as a middle voice.
References
Libido language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA