Alaba-K'abeena language
Highland East Cushitic language
Alaba and K'abeena are two very similar Cushitic languages. Some people think they are dialects of one another. These people call the language Alaba-K'abeena. They are spoken in Ethiopia. The languages are similar to the Kambaata language. Alaba and K'abeena are spoken by about 300,000 people.[1]
Alaba-Kʼabeena | |
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Native to | Ethiopia |
Region | Rift Valley southwest of Lake Shala |
Native speakers | 280,000 (2007 census)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | alw |
Glottolog | alab1254 |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alaba-Kʼabeena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)