词条 | Samburu language |
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|name=Samburu |nativename=Sampur, ɔl Maa |states=Kenya |region=Samburu district of Rift Valley Province |speakers={{sigfig|237,000|2}} |date=2009 census |ref=e18 |speakers2= (including Camus) |familycolor=Nilo-Saharan |fam2=Eastern Saharan |fam3=Eastern Nilotic |fam4=Lotuxo–Teso |fam5=Lotuxo–Maa |fam6=Maa |iso3=saq |glotto=samb1315 |glottorefname=Samburu |dia1=Camus }} 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).{{when|date=April 2012}} The Samburu dialect is closely related to 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. ReferencesSee also
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2 : Languages of Kenya|Maa languages |
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