Somrai language

Somrai
Somrai
Sibine
Native to	Chad
Region	Southwest
Native speakers	(7,400 cited 1993 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic A Sibine (A.1.1) Somrai; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sor
Glottolog	somr1248

Somrai (Sumrey), also known as Sibine (Shibne), is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the southwestern Chadian prefectures of Tandjilé and Lai. The speakers or Somrai are not bilingual; the language is not mutually intelligible with any other, as its highest lexical similarity with another language is with Ndam (42%). Most of the speakers, who call themselves Shibne or Sibine, generally practice traditional religions, Christianity, or Islam.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Somrai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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[e18-1] Somrai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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