Somrai | |
Nativename: | Sibine |
States: | Chad |
Region: | Southwest |
Date: | 1993 census |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Chadic |
Fam3: | East Chadic |
Fam4: | East Chadic A |
Fam5: | Sibine (A.1.1) |
Iso3: | sor |
Glotto: | somr1248 |
Glottorefname: | 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.