Alternate Names: Marako, Maraqo
Dialects: None known. Syntactic, morphological, and lexical differences from Hadiyya ,. Lexical similarity: 82% with Hadiyya ,, 57% with Kambaata ,, 56% with Alaba-Kabeena ,, 53% with Sidamo ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 64,400 (2007 census). 14,700 monolinguals. L2 users: 9,210.
Language Use: Also use Amharic [amh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 16%.
Typology: SOV; passive, reflexive, causative, middle voice verbs.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Ethiopia
Other Comments: Muslim.