Back Самбуру Byelorussian Samburové Czech Samburu German Samburuoj Esperanto Samburud Estonian Samburu (peuple) French סמבורו (קבוצה אתנית) HE Szamburuk Hungarian Samburu ID Samburu (popolo) Italian
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| Total population | |
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| 333,471[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Samburu county (Kenya) | |
| Languages | |
| Samburu | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional beliefs | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Nilotic peoples |
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The Samburu are a Nilotic people of north-central Kenya. They are semi-nomadic pastoralists who primarily herd cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels. They refer to themselves as Lokop or Loikop, a term varied interpretations among the Samburu. Some believes it means "owners of the land" ("lo" meaning ownership and "nkop" meaning land) while others have a different interpretations.
The Samburu speak the Samburu dialect of the Maa language, a Nilotic language which also spoken by other 22 sub tribes of the Maa community commonly known as the Maasai. Some Western anthropologists[who?] have attempted to categorize the Samburu as a distinct tribe separate from the Maasai, a view that seems[neutrality is disputed] that some Samburu people accept today.[citation needed]
Samburu National Reserve is one of the well known game parks in the area. Within the Maa community of Kenya and Tanzania, the Samburu sub-tribe is the third largest, following the Kisonko (Isikirari) of Tanzania and Purko of Kenya and Tanzania.
- ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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