Tugen language
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| Tugen | ||
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| Spoken in: | Kenya | |
| Region: | West Central Kenya | |
| Total speakers: | around 200 000 | |
| Language family: | Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic Southern Nilotic Kalenjin languages Nandi-Markweta Nandi Tugen |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | ssa | |
| ISO 639-3: | tuy | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
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
[edit] External links
- Tugen in the Ethnologue.
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