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A Bantu language · Guthrie J11 · ISO 639-3 nle

Nyala

In its own words: Olunyala

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Kenya

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O·lu·nyala
the language
class 11
/ò.lù.ɲà.là/
O·mu·nyala
a person
class 1
/ò.mù.ɲà.là/
A·ba·nyala
the people
class 2
/à.βà.ɲà.là/
Bu·nyala
the land
class 14
/βù.ɲà.là/

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

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Nyala 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 Nyala? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Nyala'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 Nyala is not public yet — request it below.

Not yet
Where it is spoken
Classification
Bantu · Guthrie zone J · J11 · Glottolog

Dialects listed separately

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POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "nle", "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=nle&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/nyala.json

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