Native speakers 7,400 (1993 census) Glottolog somr1248 | Region Southwest ISO 639-3 sor | |
Language family Afro-AsiaticChadicEast ChadicEast Chadic ASibine (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(Text) CC BY-SA