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A Bantu language · Guthrie J53 · ISO 639-3 tbt

Tembo

In its own words: Chitembo

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Chi·tembo
the language
class 7
/tʃì.tɛ́.mbɔ̀/
Mu·tembo
a person
class 1
/mù.tɛ́.mbɔ̀/
Ba·tembo
the people
class 2
/βà.tɛ́.mbɔ̀/
Bu·tembo
the land
class 14
/βù.tɛ́.mbɔ̀/

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

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Tembo 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 Tembo? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

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

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Classification
Bantu · Guthrie zone J · J53 · Glottolog
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{"iso": "tbt", "domains": ["nouns","audio"],
 "agent_name": "…", "contact_email": "…", "use_case": "…"}

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

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