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
- Braukämper, Ulrich (2012). A History of the Hadiyya in Southern Ethiopia. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 12.
- "Ethno history of the Halaba people" (PDF). southtouristmeth. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- David H. Shinn, Thomas P. Ofcansky. Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780810874572.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- "(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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