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Spoken L1 Language:
Samburu
Classification
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Nilotic (56)
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Eastern Nilotic (18)
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Barian (4)
Kakwa
Mandari
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Nuclear Barian (2)
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Bari
Ligo
Nile Bari
Nyangbara
Nyepu
Pöjulu
Kuku
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Teso-Lotuxo-Maa (14)
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Lotuxo-Maa (9)
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Lotuxo (6)
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Lango-Logire-Logir
Imotong
Lango (South Sudan)
Logir
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Lopit-Dongotono (3)
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Dongotonic (2)
Dongotono
Okolie
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Lopit
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Northern Lopit
Dorik
Ngabori
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Southern Lopit
Lohutok
Lolongo
Lomiaha
Ngutira
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Lotuko-Lokoya (2)
Lokoya
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Otuho
Koriok
Logiri
Logotok
Lomya
Lorwama
Lowudo
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Ongamo-Maa (3)
Ngasa
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Nuclear Maa (2)
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Masai
Arusa
Damat
Iloodokilani
Kaputiei
Keekonyokie
Kisonko
Kore
Laitokitok
Loitai
Matapo
Moitanik
Parakuyo
Purko
Siria
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Samburu
Chamus
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Teso-Turkana (5)
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Teso
Lokathan
Orom
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Turkanic (4)
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Karamojong
Dodos
Jie
Nuclear Karamojong
Nyangatom
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Toposa
Eastern Toposa
Jiye
Western Toposa
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Turkana
Northern Turkana
Southern Turkana
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Southern Nilotic (16)
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Kalenjin (11)
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Central Kalenjin (5)
Kipsigis
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Plateau Central Kalenjin (4)
Tugen
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Western Plateau Central Kalenjin (3)
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Keiyo
Kamarin
Kiptani
Sergoit
Southwest Marakwet
Soy
Nandi
Terik
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Elgon-Mau Kalenjin (2)
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Kupsabiny
Mbai
Sabiny
Sor
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Sabaot
Bong'omeek
Book
Koony
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Northern Kalenjin (2)
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Markweeta
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Northeast Marakwet
Almoo
Endo
Markweta-Chesongoch
Sambirir
Sengwer
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Pökoot
East Pokot
West Pokot
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Okiek-Akie (2)
Akie
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Okiek
Nuclear Okiek
Sogoo
Suiei (Okiek)
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Tatoga-Omotik (5)
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Gemein Datooga (4)
Biyanjiida
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North-Central Datooga (3)
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Barabayiiga-Gisamjanga
Bajuta of the Eyassi
Barabayiiga
Gidang'oodiga of Simhha
Gisamjanga
Buraadiga
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Isimjeega-Rootigaanga
Isimjeega
Rootigaanga
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Omotik
Suiei
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Western Nilotic (22)
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Burun (3)
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Northern Burun
Abuldugu
Mayak
Mufwa
Mughaja
Ragreig
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Southern Burun (2)
Jumjum
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Mabaan
Bwonyin
Twok
Ulu (Dar Funj)
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Dinka-Nuer (7)
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Dinka (5)
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Northeastern Dinka
Abiliang
Ageer
Dongjol
Luac
Ngok-Sobat
Rut
Thoi
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Northwestern Dinka
Alor (Nilotic)
Ngok-Kordofan
Pan Aru
Pawany
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South Central Dinka
Agar
Aliap
Ciec
Gok
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Southeastern Dinka
Athoc
Bor
Ghol
Nyarweng
Tuic
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Southwestern Dinka
Abiem
Aguok
Apuk
Awan
Lau (Nilotic)
Luac (Southwestern Dinka)
Malual
Paliet
Palioupiny
Rek
Tuic (Southwestern Dinka)
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Nuer-Reel (2)
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Nuer
Abigar
Cien
Dor
Eastern Jikany
Eastern Nuer
Lou (Nilotic)
Nyuong
Thiang
Thognaath
Western Jikany
Reel
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Lwoo (12)
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Northern Lwoo (6)
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Anuak
Adoyo
Coro
Lul
Opëno
Belanda Bor
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Luwo-Thuri (2)
Luwo
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Thuri
Bodho
Colo
Manangeer
Päri
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Shilluk
Gar Shilluk
Kwak Shilluk
Mwomo Shilluk
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Southern Lwoo (6)
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Acoli
Dhopaluo
Labwor
Nyakwai
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Adhola-Alur-Luo (3)
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Adhola-Luo (2)
Adhola
Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)
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Alur
Jokot
Jonam
Mambisa
Wanyoro
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Lango-Kumam (2)
Kumam
Lango (Uganda)
Comments on subclassification
Vossen, Rainer 1982
Endangerment
AES status:
not endangered
Source:
David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2025
Comment:
Samburu (saq-saq) = 5 (Developing).
Glottocode:
samb1315
ISO 639-3:
saq
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Links
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Alternative names
lexvo:
Sambouroueg [br]
Samburu [en]
Samburu language [en]
Samburun kieli [fi]
multitree:
Burkeneji
E Lokop
Lokop
Nkutuk
Sambur
Samburu
Sampur
Countries
Kenya [KE]
References
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Heine, Bernd 1980
Camus, a Maa dialect
1980
42
grammar_sketch
eballiso2009
,
hh
citation
Sim, Ronald J. 1980
A sociolinguistic profile of Maasai-Samburu-Ilchamus languages
1980
128
socling
,
grammar_sketch
hh
,
mpieva
,
sil16
citation
Clarke, W.A.W. 1935
Notes on the Samburu: sections of tribes and clans, age-grades, and Lownok and Laigwenak
1935
grammar_sketch
eballiso2009
citation
Heine, Bernd 1982
African noun class systems
1982
28
specific_feature
cldf
,
eballiso2009
,
guldemann
,
hh
,
langsci
,
seifart
,
weball
citation
Lentete, Saitewua Samuel 2016
Some aspects of the Ilchamus phonology
2016
78
phonology
hh
citation
Dahlbacka, Anna 2014
A Phonological Description of the Samburu Language
2014
70
phonology
hh
citation
Wellby, Montagu Sinclair 1901
'Twixt Sirdar & Menelik; an account of a year's expedition from Zeila to Cairo through unknown Abyssinia
1901
448
overview
,
wordlist
hh
citation
Vossen, Rainer 1982
The Eastern Nilotes
1982
512
overview
,
comparative
,
wordlist
hh
citation
Goetting, Helmut 1984
Determination list of plants collected from Rift Valley
1984
wordlist
eballiso2009
,
weball
citation
Kokwaro, John O. and D. J. Herlocker 1982
A check-list of botanical Samburu and Rendille names of plants of the 'IPAL' study area, Marsabit District, Kenya
1982
wordlist
eballiso2009
,
weball
citation
Sim, Ronald J. 1980
A sociolinguistic profile of Maasai-Samburu-Iichamus languages
1980
124
comparative
eballiso2009
,
weball
citation
Ngure, Kenneth 2012
From Rendille to Samburu: A Language Shift Involving Two Mutually Unintelligible Languages of Northern Kenya
2012
322
socling
hh
citation
Heine, Bernd and Ingo Heine and Christa König 1988
Plant concepts and plant use: an ethnobotanical survey of the semi-arid and arid lands of East Africa, part V: plants of the Samburu (Kenya)
1988
286
overview
eballiso2009
,
weball
citation
Spencer, Paul 1961
A survey of the Samburu and Rendille tribes of northern Kenya
1961
overview
eballiso2009
citation
Fumagalli, Carl Tarcisio 1977
A diachronic study of change and sociocultural processes among the pastoral nomadic Samburu of Kenya, 1900-1975
1977
404
ethnographic
eballiso2009
,
hh
citation
Holtzman, Jon 2017
Killing your Neighbors: Friendship and Violence in Northern Kenya and Beyond
2017
218
ethnographic
hh
citation
Chanler, W. A. 1896
Through Jungle and Desert: Travels in East Africa
1896
568
ethnographic
eballiso2009
,
hh
citation
Heine, Bernd and Heine, Ingo 1988
Plant concepts and plant use: an ethnobotanical survey of the semi-arid and arid lands of East Africa. Part 1: plants of the Chamus (Kenya)
1988
103
ethnographic
eballiso2009
,
hh
,
weball
citation
Heine, Bernd and König, Christa 1987
On the taxonomic status of folk botanic categories among the Samburu
1987
22
ethnographic
eballiso2009
,
hh
,
weball
citation
Arensen, Jonathan E. 1983
Sticks and straw: Comparative house forms in southern Sudan and northern Kenya
1983
145
ethnographic
sil16
citation
Spencer, P. 1965
The Samburu
1965
ethnographic
cldf
citation
Spencer, Paul 1965
The Samburu: a study of gerontocracy in a nomadic society
1965
ethnographic
eballiso2009
citation
Webster, Eric J. 1944
The Boran, Rendille, and Samburu: nomadic tribes of the northern frontier district
1944
ethnographic
eballiso2009
citation
Fazan, S.H. 1933
The Samburu question
1933
69
eballiso2009
citation
Fratkin, Elliot M. 1996
Traditional medicine and concepts of healing among Samburu pastoralists of Kenya
1996
35
eballiso2009
citation
Bader, H.E. 1933
Memorandum on the Samburu
1933
21
eballiso2009
citation
Eastman, Carol M. 1988
Aspects of an African constructed environment: language use and the nomadic process
1988
16
eballiso2009
,
weball
citation
Tate, Harry R. 1904
Nairobi to Samburu and the Rendille
1904
12
eballiso2009
citation
Carson, J.B. 1946
Among the Samburu
1946
4
eballiso2009
citation
Cronk, Lee and Dickson, D. Bruce 2001
Public and hidden transcripts in the East African Highlands: a comment on Smith (1998)
2001
9
eballiso2009
citation
Magor, Thomasin 1994
Die Samburu: einer der letzten Kriegerstämme Afrikas
1994
eballiso2009
citation
Holsteen, Melbourne Edward 1982
Continuity and change in Samburu education
1982
eballiso2009
citation
Hjort-af-Ornas, Anders 1981
Ethnic transformation, dependency and change: the IlGira Samburu of northern Kenya
1981
eballiso2009
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