Somrai language

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]

Somrai
Sibine
Native toChad
RegionSouthwest
Native speakers
(7,400 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sor
Glottologsomr1248

References
  1. Somrai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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