Arab faqiqh saysAl umari obviously meant a local language by "لغة الحبشة" as a language called Abyssinian don't exist while a region called Abyssinian *which according to al umari somali inhabited lands were part of it* existed so he went calling the local language by it's region name
Just like how ibn battuta named the language spoken in mogadishu *which was obviously somali* maqdishi the name of the city.
The local language was of semetic origin. He said the inhabitants both spoke Arabic and Abyssinian. Arab Faqihs goes into detail about the origins of that Abyssinian language spoken in Adal, described by Al Umari. He states "Ethio-Semitic speakers formed the dominant section of the Adal population. Somalis primarily lived in the interior hinterland and Abyssinia didn't have any influence in those areas. No mention of the Somali or even the language possibly being of Cushitic origin.Al umari obviously meant a local language by "لغة الحبشة" as a language called Abyssinian don't exist while a region called Abyssinian *which according to al umari somali inhabited lands were part of it* existed so he went calling the local language by it's region name
Just like how ibn battuta named the language spoken in mogadishu *which was obviously somali* maqdishi the name of the city.