LIQ ISO 639-3
Libido
Libido Autonym
A language of Ethiopia
- ISO 639
- liq
- Alternate Names
- Mareko, Mareqo
- Autonym
- Libido
- Population
- 68,010, all users. L1 users: 58,800 (2007 census). L2 users: 9,210. 14,700 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 64,300 (2007 census).
- Location:
- Oromia region: west of Lake Ziway; Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: Gurage, Hadiyya, and Kambaata zones, northeast of Hosaina.
- Language Status
- 4 (Educational).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Highland
- Dialects
- None known. Syntactic, morphological, and lexical differences from Hadiyya [hdy]. Lexical similarity: 82% with Hadiyya [hdy], 57% with Kambaata [ktb], 56% with Alaba-Kabeena [alw], 53% with Sidamo [sid].
- Typology
- SOV; passive, reflexive, causative, middle voice verbs.
- Language Use
- Also use Amharic [amh].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 16%. Taught in primary schools in grades 1–3 as the medium of instruction.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Libido
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Oromia region: west of Lake Ziway; Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: Gurage, Hadiyya, and Kambaata zones, northeast of Hosaina.
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