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.
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