| Somrai | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Chad |
| Region | Southwest |
| Native speakers | 7,410 (1993) |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sor |
Somrai, also known as Sounrai, Shibne, Somrei, Sibine, Somre, Sumrai, Soumray, and Soumrai, 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]