Libido language
Libido 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 census, 64,381 people speak the language as their mother tongue. Most of them are multilingual, due to contact with other languages.
Classification
It is closely related to Hadiyya within the Highland East Cushitic languages.Orthography
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 |
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| 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 | ’ |
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