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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.