Native speakers 140,000 (2009 census) Glottolog tuge1241 | ISO 639-3 tuy | |
Language family Nilo-Saharan?Eastern SudanicSouthern NiloticKalenjinNandi–MarkwetaNandiTugen | ||
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.
References
Tugen language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA