A Bantu language · Guthrie R31 · ISO 639-3 her

Herero

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

In its own words: Otjiherero

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Angola Botswana Namibia

O·tji·herero

the language

class 7

/otjihererɔ/

O·mu·herero

a person

class 1

/omuhererɔ/

O·va·herero

the people

class 2

/ovahererɔ/

Ouherero

the land

class 14

sounds merge in the spoken form

/ouhererɔ/

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

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

Herero 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 Herero? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

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

Not yet

Where it is spoken

Angola, Botswana, Namibia

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone R · R31 · Glottolog

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Ask for Herero

Suggest a correction for Herero

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "her", "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/herero.json