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.
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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...
sub-tribe. The Tugen people speak the Tugenlanguage. The Tugen population was 197,556 as of 2019. Tugen is more diverse in culture and language than other...
Tugen may refer to: the Tugen people the Tugenlanguage the Tugen Hills This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tugen. If an...
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