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A Bantu language · Guthrie C51 · ISO 639-3 zms

Mbesa

In its own words: Limbesa

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Democratic Republic of the Congo
Li·mbesa
the language
class 5
/lì.mbè.sà/
Mo·mbesa
a person
class 1
/mò.mbè.sà/
Ba·mbesa
the people
class 2
/bà.mbè.sà/
Bo·mbesa
the land
class 14
/βò.mbè.sà/

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

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Mbesa 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 Mbesa? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Mbesa'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.

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04 · Generative infrastructure

Engines

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

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Classification
Bantu · Guthrie zone C · C51 · Glottolog
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POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "zms", "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/mbesa.json

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