Mire language
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Mire is an Afro-Asiatic
language spoken in the southwestern Chad
ian prefectures of Tandjile Prefecture
and Lai Prefecture. Most of the speakers, who generally practice traditional religions or Christianity
, speak Ndam
(65% lexical similarity
) or Kimré
(32% lexical similarity) as a second language.
Afro-Asiatic languages
The Afroasiatic languages , also known as Hamito-Semitic, constitute one of the world's largest language families, with about 375 living languages...
language spoken in the southwestern Chad
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
ian prefectures of Tandjile Prefecture
Tandjilé Prefecture
This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Tandjilé was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the southwest of the country, Tandjilé covered an area of 18,045 square kilometers and had a population of 453,854 in 1993. Its...
and Lai Prefecture. Most of the speakers, who generally practice traditional religions or Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
, speak Ndam
Ndam language
Ndam, also known as Dam and Ndamm, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the southwestern Chadian prefectures of Tandjilé and Lai. Most of the speakers generally practice traditional religions, Islam, or Christianity. There are two dialects of Ndam—northern and southern,...
(65% lexical similarity
Lexical similarity
In linguistics, lexical similarity is a measure of the degree to which the word sets of two given languages are similar. A lexical similarity of 1 would mean a total overlap between vocabularies, whereas 0 means there are no common words....
) or Kimré
Kimré language
Kimré is an East Chadic language spoken in the Tandjilé Region of Chad. Like most related languages, it is popularly called "Gabri"....
(32% lexical similarity) as a second language.