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The Halaba people (Allaaba or Alaba) also called K’abeena are an ethnic group inhabiting the central Ethiopian highlands.[1] Halaba are believed to be a subclan of the Hadiyya.[2] The Halaba claim to originate from the Arab cleric, Abadir who settled in Harar.[3] They speak Alaba-Kʼabeena a member of the Highland East Cushitic language within the Afroasiatic family.

References

  1. ^ "Halaba in Ethiopia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ Braukämper, Ulrich (2012). A history of the Hadiyya in Southern Ethiopia. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447068048.
  3. ^ "Ethno history of the Halaba people" (PDF). southtouristmeth. Retrieved 16 July 2017.


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