Mire language

Mire
Mulgi
Native to	Chad
Region	Southwest
Native speakers	5,000 (2011)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic A Sibine (A.1.1) Mire
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mvh`
Glottolog	`mire1238`^[2]

Mire, or Mulgi, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the southwestern Chadian prefectures of Tandjile Prefecture and Lai Prefecture.^[1] Most of the speakers, who generally practice traditional religions or Christianity, speak Ndam (65% lexical similarity) or Kimré (32% lexical similarity) as a second language.

References

1 2 Mire at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mire". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

East Chadic languages

East Chadic (A)

Sibine	Mawer Mire Motun Ndam Somrai Tumak

Miltu	Boor Gadang Miltu Sarua

Nancere	Kimré Lele Nancere

Gabri	Gabri Kabalai Tobanga

Kwang	Kera Kwang

Other	Buso

East Chadic (B)

Dangla	Bidiyo Dangaléat Jonkor Bourmataguil Mabire Migaama Mogum Ubi

Mubi	Birgit Jelkung Kajakse Masmaje Mubi Toram Zirenkel

Sokoro	Barein Mawa Saba Sokoro Tamki

Other	Kujargé Mokilko

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