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Access structured Bantu language training data at every scale — from free evaluation to full enterprise deployment.

Evaluation
Free

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1,000 morphological records
5 languages
Sample audio clips
100 API requests/day
JSONL export
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Academic
Free

For researchers and university projects.

5,000 records/day
All languages
Research-grade audio access
500 API requests/day
Citation support
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Startup
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For product teams building with Bantu languages.

50,000 records/month
10 languages
Standard audio access
Full REST API
Technical support
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Enterprise
$1.75M/yr

Full access to the complete BantuNomics system.

Unlimited records
All 664 languages
Full 48kHz audio corpus
Unlimited API + MCP integration
HFST transducers
Dedicated support & SLA
Custom cartridge development
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Why This Data Commands Premium Pricing

There is no alternative source

No other dataset provides morpheme-level decomposition with tonal annotations and speaker-validated audio for Bantu languages. Web-scraped data is tonally flat and morphologically opaque.

Compound system, not a simple dataset

The BTS engine alone is replicable. The tonal pipeline alone is publishable. The speaker community alone is buildable. The combination of all three — with cross-validation between layers — is not.

Build-vs-buy is not close

Replicating BantuNomics requires: Bantu linguistics expertise, morphological engine development, tonal rule formalization for 664 languages, a speaker recording network across 25+ countries, and acoustic validation infrastructure. Timeline: years. Cost: multiples of the license fee.

The data gets better over time

Every speaker recording refines the acoustic models. Every cartridge update expands coverage. Enterprise clients benefit from continuous improvement without additional cost.

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