Libido language

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Libido (also known as Libixxiso, Mareqo, Mareko) is an Afroasiatic language of Ethiopia, which is spoken in the Mareko district Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, directly south-east of Butajira.[1] According to the information of the Central Statistical Authority (2007) census, 59,000 people speak the language as mother tongue.[2]

Classification

It is closely related to Hadiyya (a dialect per Blench 2006) within the Highland East Cushitic languages.

Grammar

Its syntax is SOV; its verb has passive, reflexive and causative constructions, as well as a middle voice.

Notes

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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.

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