A Bantu language · Guthrie G42 · ISO 639-3 swc

Congo Swahili

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

In its own words: Kingwana

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ki·ngwana

the language

class 7

/kì.ŋɡʷà.nà/

Mu·ngwana

a person

class 1

/mù.ŋɡʷà.nà/

Wa·ngwana

the people

class 2

/wà.ŋɡʷà.nà/

the land

place name

sounds merge in the spoken form

/Ø/

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

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

Congo Swahili 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 Congo Swahili? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Congo Swahili'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 Congo Swahili is not public yet — request it below.

Not yet

Where it is spoken

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone G · G42 · Glottolog

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Ask for Congo Swahili

Suggest a correction for Congo Swahili

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "swc", "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/congo-swahili.json