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A Bantu language · Guthrie M40 · ISO 639-3 kdg

Seba

In its own words: Ikiseba

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Democratic Republic of the Congo

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I·ki·seba
the language
class 7
/ì.kì.sè.βà/
U·mu·seba
a person
class 1
/ù.mù.sè.βà/
A·ba·seba
the people
class 2
/à.βà.sè.βà/
U·seba
the land
class 14
/ù.sè.βà/

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

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Seba 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 Seba? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

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

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Classification
Bantu · Guthrie zone M · M40 · Glottolog
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POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "kdg", "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=kdg&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/seba.json

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