Somrai | |
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Sibine | |
Native to | Chad |
Region | Southwest |
Native speakers | (7,400 cited 1993 census)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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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]