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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.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1933907 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | 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.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1933907 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><h2>Location of Samburu Language Speakers</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Location of Samburu Language Speakers</h2> | ||
http://llmap.org/languages/ | http://llmap.org/languages/saq/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png | ||
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> | ||
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