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Somrai language

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Native to
  
Chad

Native speakers
  
7,400 (1993 census)

Glottolog
  
somr1248

Region
  
Southwest

ISO 639-3
  
sor

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic A Sibine (A.1.1) Somrai

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.

References

Somrai language Wikipedia