Alaba-K'abeena language
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| Alaba-K'abeena | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | Rift Valley southwest of Lake Shala |
| Native speakers |
227,000 of Alaba 51,000 of Qebena (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | alw |
Alaba-K'abeena (also known as Alaba, Allaaba, Halaba) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia in the Great Rift Valley southwest of Lake Shala. The literacy rate of native speakers in their language is below 1%, while their literacy rate in second languages is 8.6%; Alaba-K'abeena is taught in primary schools. It has an 81% lexical similarity with Kambaata.[1] However Fleming (1976) classifies K'abeena (also transliterated "Qebena") as a dialect of Kambaata. The 2007 census in Ethiopia lists Alaba and Qebena as separate languages.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Alaba-K’abeena", Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ^ 2007 Census
[edit] References
- Joachim Crass. 2005. "Das K'abeena, Deskriptive Grammatik einer hochlandostkuschitischen Sprache", Cushitic Language Studies, 23. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
- Gertrud Schneider-Blum. 2007. "A Grammar of Alaaba, A Highland East Cushitic Language of Ethiopia", Cushitic Language Studies, 25. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
[edit] External links
- "Map of Alaba", LL-MAP website
- Ethnologue information: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=alw
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