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. Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who herd mainly cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels. The name they use for themselves is Lokop or Loikop, a term which may have a variety of meanings which Samburu themselves do not agree on. Many assert that it refers to them as "owners of the land" ("lo" refers to ownership, "nkop" is land) though others present a very different interpretation of the term. Samburu speak the Samburu dialect of the Maa language, which is a Nilotic language. The Maa language is also spoken by other 22 sub tribes of the Maa community otherwise known as the Maasai. Many Western anthropologists[who?] tried to carve out and create the Samburu tribe as a community of its own, unaffiliated to its parent Maasai community, a narrative that seems[neutrality is disputed] that many Samburu people today hold.[citation needed] There are many game parks in the area, one of the most well known is Samburu National Reserve. The Samburu sub tribe is the third largest in the Maa community of Kenya and Tanzania, after 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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