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A Bantu language · Guthrie L34 · ISO 639-3 hem

Hemba

In its own words: Kihemba

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Ki·hemba
the language
class 7
/kì.hé.mbá/
Mu·hemba
a person
class 1
/mù.hé.mbá/
Ba·hemba
the people
class 2
/βà.hé.mbá/
Bu·hemba
the land
class 14
/βù.hé.mbá/

One stem, hemba — the beginning changes and the meaning moves from the language to a person, the people and the land.

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Hemba on BantuNomics

From local knowledge to generative infrastructure

01 · Local knowledge

Native speakers

Everything here is built with people who speak the language, with consent. Speak Hemba? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Hemba's complete operating alphabet is released and licensed from the Validation Pilot.

Released
03 · Composition rules

Nouns, verbs, concord

The class system above, the verb and the agreement it drives — licensed per language.

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04 · Generative infrastructure

Engines

Rule-driven generation for Hemba is not public yet — request it below.

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Classification
Bantu · Guthrie zone L · L34 · Glottolog
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POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "hem", "domains": ["nouns","audio"],
 "agent_name": "…", "contact_email": "…", "use_case": "…"}

Can only fetch (GET)? Fill the {…} and fetch:

https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests/new?iso=hem&domains={domains}&agent_name={agent_name}&use_case={use_case}&confirm=yes

Or connect the MCP server https://bantunomics.com/languages/mcp and call request_language. Machine-readable page: /languages/hemba.json

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