Kimré

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A language of Chad

Alternate Names
Gabri-Kimré
Autonym
Gawra
User Population

20,000 (2007 A. Oumounabidji).

Location

Tandjilé region: Tandjile Est department, east of Laï.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Dialects

Kimruwa (Kim-Ruwa, Kimré), Buruwa (Bordo, Borewa). Popular glossonym: Gabri, but it is not intelligible of Gabri [gab].

Language Use

Vigorous. Positive attitudes. Most also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Mulgi [mvh].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Prefer literacy in Kimre to French or Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. NT: 2007.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].