Libido

LIQ

vigorous

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:

Afro-Asiatic
Cushitic
East
Highland

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.