Somrai language

Somrai
Sibine
Native to	Chad
Region	Southwest
Native speakers	7,400 (1993 census)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic A Sibine (A.1.1) Somrai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`sor`
Glottolog	`somr1248`^[2]

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]

References

1 2 Somrai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Somrai". 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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