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Somrai language

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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]

References

  1. ↑ "Ethnologue report for language code:sor". written at Dallas, Texas. Ethnologue, Languages of the World. SIL International. 2005. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sor. Retrieved on 2008-06-30.