Libido language

Libido
Mareqo, Mareko
Libixxiso
Native toEthiopia
RegionGurage, Hadiya, Kembata regions
Native speakers
64,000 (2007 census)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3liq
Glottologlibi1250

Libido (also known as Libixxiso, Mareqo, Mareko, Marekinga) 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.