Libido language

For other uses, see Libido (disambiguation).

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 58,800 native speakers (2007 census).

Libido
Mareqo, Mareko
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	Gurage, Hadiya, Kembata regions
Native speakers	59,000 (2007 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Highland East Hadiyya Libido
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	liq
Glottolog	libi1250

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.

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.