Tugen

Language name and locationː Tugen, Nakuru county, Kenya [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 图根语, 肯尼亚大裂谷地区南迪县纳库鲁县及附近县

1. àɣééɲɡé	21. típtèm àk àɣééɲɡé
2. àééɲ	22. típtèm àk àééɲ
3. sómók	23. típtèm àk sómók
4. àɲwán	24. típtèm àk àɣwán
5. múút	25. típtèm àk múút
6. ló	26. típtèm àk ló
7. tísáp	27. típtèm àk tísáp
8. sìsíít	28. típtèm àk sìsíít
9. sóɣóòl	29. típtèm àk sóɣóòl
10. tàmán	30. sòsóm
11. tàmán ák àɣééɲɡé	40. àrtám
12. tàmán ák àééɲ	50. kònóm
13. tàmán ák sómók	60. tòmóònwòòɣík ló
14. tàmán ák àɣwán	70. tòmóònwòòɣík tísáp
15. tàmán ák múút	80. tòmóònwòòɣík sìsíít
16. tàmán ák ló	90. tòmóònwòòɣík sóɣóól
17. tàmán ák tísáp	100. póɣól
18. tàmán ák sìsíít	200. póɣól àééɲ
19. tàmán ák sóɣóòl	1000. élpù < Swahili 'elfu')
20. típtèm	2000. élpùùsíék àééɲ

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Prisca Jerono, Department of Linguistics and Languages, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, June 14, 2013, June 23, 2013.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Prisca Jerono, 2013 年 6 月 14 日, 2013 年 6 月 23 日.

Other comments: Tugen is spoken by approximately 190,000 speakers in Baringo, Nakuru, and Nyandarua counties, Kenya. Tugen has a decimal system similar to that of Nandi and other Kalenjin languages. The number 'thousand' is a loan from Swahili. The formations of 20, 30, 40 and 50 are different from those of 60, 70, 80 and 90.

Tugen Phonemic Chartː

Consonants:

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Labio-velar	Velar
Stops	p	t, d			k
Fricatives	β	s			ɣ
Affricates			tʃ, dʒ
Nasals	m	n	ɲ
Lateral		l
Roll (Trill)		r		w
Glides			j
Prenalised Stops	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿj		ᵑɡ

Vowelsː

	Front	Mid	Back
Close	i, ɪ		ʊ, u
Mid-Close	e		o
Mid-Open	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

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