Tugen language

{{short description |A language of Kenya}}{{Infobox language

|name=Tugen

|nativename=North Tugen

|states=Kenya

|region=West Central Kenya

|speakers=140,000

|date=2009 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Nilo-Saharan

|fam2=Eastern Sudanic

|fam3=Southern Nilotic

|fam4=Kalenjin

|fam5=Nandi–Markweta

|fam6=Nandi

|iso3=tuy

|glotto=tuge1241

|lingua=0-CAA-be (tugen-N.)

+ 0-CAA-db (tugen-S.)

|glottorefname=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 two main sub-groups, Arror in the north and the Samor in the central parts of Baringo district, Kenya.