Samburu language
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| Samburu | |
|---|---|
| Sampur, ɔl Maa | |
| Native to | Kenya |
| Region | Samburu district of Rift Valley Province |
Native speakers |
240,000 (2009 census)[1] (including Camus) |
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Nilo-Saharan?
| |
| Dialects |
Camus
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | saq |
Samburu is the Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language spoken by the Samburu in the highlands of northern Kenya. The Samburu number about 128,000 (or 147,000 including the Camus/Chamus). Samburu is closely related to Camus (88% to 94% lexical similarity; Camus is sometimes considered a Samburu dialect) and to the South Maa language Maasai (77% to 89% lexical similarity). The word Samburu itself derives from the old Maa word 'saamburr' for the leather bag the Samburu use.
References
- ↑ Samburu reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- Rainer Vossen. The Eastern Nilotes: Linguistic and Historical Reconstructions. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag 1982. ISBN 3-496-00698-6.
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