Samburu language

Samburu
Sampur, ɔl Maa
Native to	Kenya
Region	Samburu district of Rift Valley Province
Ethnicity	Samburu
Native speakers	240,000 (2009 census) (including Camus)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Eastern Nilotic Ateker-Lotuko-Maa Lotuko–Maa Ongamo–Maa Samburu
Dialects	Camus
Language codes
ISO 639-3	saq
Glottolog	samb1315

Samburu is a Maa language dialect spoken by Samburu pastoralists in northern Kenya. The Samburu number about 128,000 (or 147,000 including the Camus/Chamus). The Samburu dialect is closely related to the Camus dialect (88% to 94% lexical similarity) and to the South Maasai dialects (77% to 89% lexical similarity). The word "Samburu" itself may derive from the Maa word saamburr for a leather bag the Samburu use.

References

1. ^ Samburu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

• Rainer Vossen. The Eastern Nilotes: Linguistic and Historical Reconstructions. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag 1982. ISBN 3-496-00698-6.

External links

• Maa Language Project
• Embuku E Sayiata Too Ltung'ana Pooki Maasai-Samburu Anglican Prayer Book (1967), digitized by Richard Mammana

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v t e Eastern Sudanic languages
Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
Northern k languages Nubian Birgid Dongolawi Kenzi Midob Nobiin Old Nubian Hill Nubian Dair Dilling El Hugeirat Ghulfan Haraza Kadaru Karko Wali Nara Nara Nyima Afitti Nyimang Taman Mararit Miisiirii Sungor Tama
Southern n languages Surmic North Majang Southeast Kwegu Meʼen Mursi Suri Southwest Baale Didinga Murle Laarim Tennet Eastern Jebel Gaam Kelo Molo Sillok Temein Keiga Jirru Temein Tese Daju Eastern Logorik Shatt Western Beigo Daju Mongo Nyolge Nyala Sila Nilotic Large group listed below
Nilotic languages Eastern Bari Bari Kuku Mandari Teso–Turkana Karamojong Teso Toposa Turkana Nyangatom Lotuko Dongotono Lango (South Sudan) Lokoya Lopit Otuho Ongamo–Maa Maasai Ngasa Samburu Camus Western Dinka–Nuer Dinka Nuer Reel Luo Northern Anuak Belanda Bor Jur Päri Shilluk Thuri Southern Southern Luo Acholi Adhola Alur Dholuo Kumam Lango (Uganda) Burun Northern Burun Southern Burun Southern Kalenjin Elgon Kupsabiny Sabaot Nandi–Markweta Keiyo Kipsigis Markwet Naandi Terik Tugen Okiek–Mosiro Ogiek Pökoot Pökoot Omotik–Datooga Datooga Omotik
Italics indicate extinct languages

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