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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 128000 (or 147000 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.

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