Libido language
| Libido | |
|---|---|
| Mareqo, Mareko | |
| Libixxiso | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Gurage, Hadiya, Kembata regions |
Native speakers | 64,000 (2007 census)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | liq |
| Glottolog | libi1250 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Libido (also known as Libixxiso, Mareqo, Mareko, Marekinga)[1] 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. According to the information of the Central Statistical Authority (2007) census, 64,381 people speak the language as their mother tongue. Most of them are multilingual, due to contact with other languages.[1]
Classification
[edit | edit source]It is closely related to Hadiyya (a dialect per Blench 2006) within the Highland East Cushitic languages.
Orthography
[edit | edit source]Libido has become written in recent times, following motivation from the Ethiopian language policy to use the Latin script; the language has also been taught since 2002 for grades 1 to 4.
| Letter | A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | L l | M m | N n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | [a] | [b] | [ʧʼ] | [d] | [e] | [f] | [g] | [h] | [i] | [ʤ] | [k] | [l] | [m] | [n] |
| Letter | O o | Q q | R r | S s | T t | U u | W w | X x | Y y | Z z | CH ch | PH ph | Sh sh | ’ |
| IPA | [o] | [kʼ] | [r] | [s] | [t] | [u] | [w] | [tʼ] | [j] | [z] | [ʧ] | [pʼ] | [ʃ] | [ʔ] |
Grammar
[edit | edit source]Its syntax is SOV; its verb has passive, reflexive and causative constructions, as well as a middle voice.
Notes
[edit | edit source]Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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.
