The Halaba people (Allaaba or Alaba) also called K’abeena are an ethnic group inhabiting the central Ethiopian highlands. Halaba are believed to be a subclan of the Hadiyya. The Halaba claim to originate from the Arab cleric, Abadir who settled in Harar. They speak Alaba-Kʼabeena a member of the Highland East Cushitic language within the Afroasiatic family.