A Bantu language · Guthrie G63 · ISO 639-3 bez

Bena

Name: Bena Full Syllable Inventory (FSI)
Creator: BantuNomics
License: https://bantunomics.com/plans

In its own words: Ikibena

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Tanzania

I·ki·bena

the language

class 7

/ìkìbénà/

U·mu·bena

a person

class 1

/ùmùbénà/

A·ba·bena

the people

class 2

/àbàbénà/

Ububena

the land

class 14

sounds merge in the spoken form

/ùbùbénà/

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

From the BantuNomics language registry. Speak Bena and see something to correct? Tell us →

Bena 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 Bena? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Bena'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.

See plans

04 · Generative infrastructure

Engines

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

Not yet

Where it is spoken

Tanzania

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone G · G63 · Glottolog

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Ask for Bena

Suggest a correction for Bena

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "bez", "domains": ["nouns","audio"],
 "agent_name": "…", "contact_email": "…", "use_case": "…"}

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