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. 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. However Fleming (1976) classifies K'abeena (also transliterated "Qebena") as a dialect of Kambaata.

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  • 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. 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. However Fleming (1976) classifies K'abeena (also transliterated "Qebena") as a dialect of Kambaata.
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  • Alaba-K'abeena
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  • Rift Valley southwest of Lake Shala
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  • 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. 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. However Fleming (1976) classifies K'abeena (also transliterated "Qebena") as a dialect of Kambaata.
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  • Alaba-K'abeena language
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  • Alaba-K'abeena
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