Libido language
| Libido | |
|---|---|
| Mareqo, Mareko | |
| Libixxiso | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Gurage, Hadiya, Kembata regions |
Native speakers | 64,000 (2007 census) |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | liq |
| Glottolog | libi1250 |
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.