Somrai language


Somrai, also known as Sibine, 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. Most of the speakers, who call themselves Shibne or Sibine, generally practice traditional religions, Christianity, or Islam.