Tugen
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Tugen is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Tugen people of Kenya’s Rift Valley region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tugen canonical | 4 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Nilotic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Keiyo
ⓘ
Kipsigis ⓘ Nandi ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Tugen people ⓘ |
| family |
Southern Nilotic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Nilotic
|
| glottocode | tuge1242 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Arror
ⓘ
Lembus ⓘ Samor ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
tone
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | tuy ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Kalenjin macrolanguage ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Nilo-Saharan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nilo-Saharan
Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Nilotic
|
| region |
Baringo County
ⓘ
Elgeyo-Marakwet County ⓘ Rift Valley Province ⓘ
surface form:
Rift Valley Province (former)
|
| spokenBy | Tugen people ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Kenya ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | Rift Valley region ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kalenjin ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local radio broadcasts
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.