Tugen is a member of the Kalenjin group of Southern Nilotic languages. It is spoken by about 140,000 Tugen people in the Great Rift Valley in western Kenya, particularly in the districts of North Baringo, Central Baringo and Baringo South in Baringo County, and also in Nakuru and Elgeyo Marakwet counties.
Tugen is also known as North Tugen, Tuken or Kamasia. Dialects include Lembus, Arror and Samor. It can be written with the Latin alphabet.
Download an alphabet chart for Tugen (Excel)
Details of the Tugen alphabet (PDF) provided by Wolfram Siegel.
Information about Tugen | Phrases
Information about Tugen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugen_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuken
https://lughayangu.com/tugen
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Tugen.htm
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/tuge1241
Acholi, Adhola, Alur, Anuak, Ateso, Bari, Belanda Bor, Datooga, Dholuo, Dinka, Dongotono, Kakwa, Karamojong, Keiyo, Kipsigis, Kuku, Kumam, Kupsabiny, Lango (South Sudan), Lango (Uganda), Lopit, Lotuko, Maasai, Mandari, Markwet, Nandi, Nuer, Nyangatom, Nyepu, Terik, Toposa, Tugen, Turkana
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
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