Tugen | |
Nativename: | North Tugen |
States: | Kenya |
Region: | West Central Kenya |
Speakers: | 140,000 |
Date: | 2009 census |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
Fam2: | Eastern Sudanic |
Fam3: | Southern Nilotic |
Fam4: | Kalenjin |
Fam5: | Nandi–Markweta |
Fam6: | Nandi |
Iso3: | tuy |
Glotto: | tuge1241 |
Lingua: | 0-CAA-be (tugen-N.) + 0-CAA-db (tugen-S.) |
Glottorefname: | Tugen |
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 two main sub-groups, Arror in the north and the Samor in the central parts of Baringo district, Kenya.