Alaba-K'abeena language

Alaba-K'abeena language

language
name=Alaba-K'abeena
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Ethiopia
region=Rift Valley southwest of Lake Shala
speakers=126,257
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Cushitic
fam3=East
fam4=Highland
iso3=alw

Alaba-K'abeena (also known as Alaba, Allaaba, Halaba) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia in the Rift Valley southwest of Lake Shala. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=alw Ethnologue entry for Alaba-K'abeena]
* Joachim Crass. 2005. "Das K'abeena, Deskirptive Grammatik einer hochlandostkuschitischen Sprache". Cushitic Language Studies Volume 23. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
* Gertrud Schneider-Blum. 2007. "A Grammar of Alaaba, A Highland East Cushitic Language of Ethiopia". Cushitic Language Studies Volume 25. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.


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