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- ↑ "Ethno history of the Halaba people" (PDF). southtouristmeth. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ Alaba Ethnography. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
- ↑ David H. Shinn; Thomas P. Ofcansky (11 April 2013). Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8108-7457-2.
- ↑ "(Cushitic Language Studies 26) Yvonne Treis - A Grammar of Kambaata, Part 1_ Phonology, Nominal Morphology and Non-verbal Predication-Rudiger Koppe Verlag (2008).pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ Musa, Hussein. Silt'e as a Medium of Instruction (PDF). Addis Ababa University. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2023.
