Libido language
| Libido | |
|---|---|
| Mareqo, Mareko | |
| Libixxiso | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Gurage, Hadiya, Kembata regions |
Native speakers | 64,000 (2007 census)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | liq |
| Glottolog | libi1250 |
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 ]It is closely related to Hadiyya (a dialect per Blench 2006) within the Highland East Cushitic languages.
Orthography
[edit ]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 ]Its syntax is SOV; its verb has passive, reflexive and causative constructions, as well as a middle voice.
Notes
[edit ]- ^ a b c d Deressa Layo, Dinkessa (September 2017). Documentation and Description of Libido People Traditional Ceremonies: Marriage and Conflict Resolution (PDF) (Thesis). Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University (published 2017). p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2022.
Further reading
[edit ]- 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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