Somrai language

Somrai (Sumrey,sɨmray), also known as Sibine (Shibne , chibne), 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]

Somrai
Chibne, bii gə chibne
Native to	Chad
Region	Southwest
Native speakers	(7,400 cited 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