Language name and locationː Alaba-K’abeena, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿拉巴-卡贝纳语, 埃塞俄比亚西南方州南奥罗米亚地区 

1. matú

21.  lamɔːdiminée matú

2. lamú

22.  lamɔːdiminée lamú

3. sasú

23.  lamɔːdiminée sasú

4. ʃɔːlú

24.  lamɔːdiminée ʃɔːlú

5. ʔɔntú

25.  lamɔːdiminée ʔɔntú

6. lehú

26.  lamɔːdiminée lehú

7. lamalá

27.  lamɔːdiminée lamalá

8. hizzeːtú

28.  lamɔːdiminée hizzeːtú

9. hɔnsú

29.  lamɔːdiminée hɔnsú

10. tɔnnsú

30.  sadʒdʒú

11. tɔnáa matú

40.  ʃahilú

12. tɔnáa lamú

50.  ʔɔntahú

13. tɔnáa sasú

60.  lehahú

14. tɔnáa ʃɔːlú

70.  lamalahú

15. tɔnáa ʔɔntú

80.  hizzeetahú

16. tɔnáa lehú

90.  hɔnsahú

17. tɔnáa lamalá

100. tʼebbít(a)

18. tɔnáa hizzeːtú

200. lami tʼebbít(a)

19. tɔnáa hɔnsú

1000. (matú) ʃihá /(matú) kumít(a)

20. lamɔːdimá

2000. lamu ʃihá / lami  kumít(a)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Gertrud Schneider-Blum, University of Cologne, Germany, May 15, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Gertrud Schneider-Blum, 2007 年 5 月 15 日.

Other comments: Alaba or Alaba-K’abeena has a decimal system. There are two alternative forms for number 'thousand', the first one 'ʃihá' is an Amharic loan.

Alaaba has ten vowels, which contrast in height and backness as well as in length. Three heights can be differentiated, high, mid-low and low. The vowels are represented by  a/aa [a/a:], e/ee [/:], i/ii [/i:], o/oo [/:], and u/uu [U/u:].

List of Consonants (IPA-Symbols)

Alaba is a Highland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia by the Alaba and Kebena peoples in the Great Rift Valley southwest of Lake Shala, specifically in Alaba special district, the Kebena district of Gurage Zone, and the Goro district of Oromia Region by approximately 280,000 speakers. It has an 81% lexical similarity with Kambaata. However, Fleming (1976) classifies Kʼabeena (also transliterated "Qebena" or "Kebena") as a dialect of Kambaata, and Blench (2006) classifies both as dialects of Kambaata. The 2007 census in Ethiopia lists Alaba and Qebena as separate languages.