Halaba people

The Halaba people (alternate spellings Allaaba or Alaba) also called K’abeena are an ethnic group inhabiting the central Ethiopian highlands.[1] The Halaba claim to originate from the Arab cleric, Abadir who settled in Harar.[2] They are mostly Muslims but there are also some Christians. A map of the region from 1628 shows a Kingdom of Alaba.[3] They speak Alaba-Kʼabeena which is a member of the Highland East Cushitic language within the Afroasiatic family.[4]

References

  1. Braukämper, Ulrich (2012). A History of the Hadiyya in Southern Ethiopia. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 12.
  2. "Ethno history of the Halaba people" (PDF). southtouristmeth. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. David H. Shinn, Thomas P. Ofcansky. Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780810874572.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. "(Cushitic Language Studies 26) Yvonne Treis - A Grammar of Kambaata, Part 1_ Phonology, Nominal Morphology and Non-verbal Predication-Rudiger Koppe Verlag (2008).pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2021-01-28.


People from this region tend to have lighter skin then the rest of the ethiopia.

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