Libido | |
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Spoken in | Ethiopia |
Region | Gurage, Hadiya, Kembata regions |
Native speakers | 58,800 (2007 census)[1] |
Language family | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | liq |
Libido (also known as Mareqo, Marako) is an Afro-Asiatic language of Ethiopia, which is spoken in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, north-east of Hosaena.[2]
It is closely related to Hadiyya and grouped as Highland East Cushitic. Its syntax is SOV; its verb has passive, reflexive and causative constructions, as well as a middle voice.