Tugen language

Tugen
North Tugen
Spoken in	Kenya
Region	West Central Kenya
Native speakers	144,000  (1987)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Southern Nilotic Kalenjin Nandi–Markweta Nandi Tugen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tuy

Tugen is the language spoken by the about 200 000 Tugen people of the broader Kalenjin group in Kenya. As a part of the Kalenjin dialect cluster, it is most closely related to such varieties as Kipsigis and Nandi.

The Tugen is made up of three main sub-groups, the Lembus to the south, the Arror in the north and the Samor in the central parts of Baringo district, Kenya.

These Tugen sub-groups have unique dialects that might interest linguist researchers.

Kipturgo K.M

External links

• Tugen in the Ethnologue.