Samburu language

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
Sampur, ɔl Maa
Native to	Kenya
Region	Samburu district of Rift Valley Province
Ethnicity	Samburu
Native speakers	240,000 (2009 census)[1] (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