It has several dialects, including Umali (Tumale), Goy (Tagoi proper), Moreb, and Orig (ŋóóriɡ, Turjuk).

Villages are Moreb, Tagoi, Tukum, Tuling, Tumale, Turjok, and Turum (Ethnologue, 22nd edition).

Some consonant clusters are allowed (almost invariably two-consonant), most involving sonorants; prenasalised ones are particularly common.

The vowel system is unclear; phonetically, it seems to be basically: /a, e, i, o, u, ɛ, ɔ, ɪ, ʊ, ə/.

The genders include: In genitive (possessive) constructions, the head noun is followed by a linking element which agrees with it in class, followed by the possessor noun; e.g. ɲín ɲi-adam "children of Adam"; kʊs ki-gai "skull (ie bone of head)".

When used without a head noun, they appear as follows, with the prefix w- for numbers 1-5: The pronouns are as follows: Examples of verbal personal inflection: Musa àdúbìr "Musa beat me"; yàyá "I drink".

There appear to be at least four basic forms: present (e.g. y-ìlàm "I see"), past (e.g., y-ílàm "I saw"), imperative (e.g. k-ìlmɛ́ "see!