Kimré | Ethnologue

A language of Chad

ISO 639: kqp
Alternate Names: Gabri-Kimré
Autonym: Gawra
Population: 20,000 (2007 A. Oumounabidji).
Location:: Tandjilé region: Tandjile Est department, east of Laï.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, A, A.2, 1
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.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kimré
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Tandjilé region: Tandjile Est department, east of Laï.