Tugen
Tugen is a Nilotic language spoken in Kenya.
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Tugen is the language spoken by 197,556 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.[1]
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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Words in Tugen
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Cito* | |
| name | kaynE* | |
| eye | koN* | |
| ear | it* | |
| nose | ser* | |
| tooth | kElat* | |
| tongue | NElyEp* | |
| hand | ey* | |
| blood | koroti* | |
| bone | kawe* | |
| skin | magata* | |
| knee | kutuN* | |
| breast | kEtin* | |
| liver | koy* | |
| water | bey* | |
| fire | ma* | |
| sun | asis* | |
| star | kokElyan* | |
| stone | koy* | |
| mountain | tulwE* | |
| tree | ket* | |
| leaf | sokon* | |
| night | kemoy* | |
| dog | CuguyS* | |
| fish | injiryon* | |
| louse | kisiryan* | |
| one | agENgE* | |
| two | oEN* | |
| I | ane* | |
| you | i5i* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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