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?] 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.
samburu, language, samburu, language, dialect, spoken, samburu, pastoralists, northern, kenya, samburu, number, about, including, camus, chamus, when, samburu, dialect, closely, related, camus, dialect, lexical, similarity, south, maasai, dialects, lexical, si. 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 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 SamburuSampur ɔl MaaNative toKenyaRegionSamburu district of Rift Valley ProvinceEthnicitySamburu peopleNative speakers240 000 2009 census 1 including Camus Language familyNilo Saharan Eastern SudanicNiloticEastern NiloticAteker Lotuko MaaLotuko MaaOngamo MaaSamburuDialectsCamusLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code saq class extiw title iso639 3 saq saq a Glottologsamb1315References edit Samburu at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Further reading editRainer Vossen The Eastern Nilotes Linguistic and Historical Reconstructions Berlin Dietrich Reimer Verlag 1982 ISBN 3 496 00698 6 External links editMaa Language Project Embuku E Sayiata Too Ltung ana Pooki Maasai Samburu Anglican Prayer Book 1967 digitized by Richard Mammana This Nilo Saharan languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samburu language amp oldid 1174171539, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
