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Tugen language

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Native to
  
Kenya

Native speakers
  
140,000 (2009 census)

Glottolog
  
tuge1241

Region
  
West Central Kenya

ISO 639-3
  
tuy

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Southern Nilotic Kalenjin Nandi–Markweta Nandi 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 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


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