In its own words: Shimakonde
One stem, makonde — the beginning changes and the meaning moves from the language to a person, the people and the land.
From the BantuNomics language registry. Speak Makonde and see something to correct? Tell us →
Everything here is built with people who speak the language, with consent. Speak Makonde? Contribute at amina.ai.
Makonde's complete operating alphabet is released and licensed from the Validation Pilot.
ReleasedThe class system above, the verb and the agreement it drives — licensed per language.
See plansRule-driven generation for Makonde is not public yet — request it below.
Not yetPOST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "kde", "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/makonde.json