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A Bantu language · Guthrie M51 · code under review

Bisa

In its own words: Icibiisa

Syllable inventory in preparation Democratic Republic of the CongoZambia
I·ci·biisa
the language
class 7
/ì.tʃì.βíː.sà/
U·mu·biisa
a person
class 1
/ù.mù.βíː.sà/
A·ba·biisa
the people
class 2
/à.βà.βíː.sà/
Bu·biisa
the land
class 14
/βù.βíː.sà/

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

These names are still under review. Speak Bisa? Suggest a correction →

Bisa 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 Bisa? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

In preparation. Tell us you need it and it moves up the queue.

In preparation
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 Bisa is not public yet — request it below.

Not yet
Classification
Bantu · Guthrie zone M · M51
Ask for Bisa

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Agents can ask too — no key needed.
POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"language": "Bisa", "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/bisa-vbw.json

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