A Bantu language · Guthrie S44 · ISO 639-3 nde

Northern Ndebele

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

In its own words: isiNdebele

Syllable inventory (FSI) released South Africa Zimbabwe

i·si·Ndebele

the language

class 7

/ì.sì.ndè.βè.lè/

u·M·ndebele

a person

class 1

/ùm.ndè.βè.lè/

a·ma·Ndebele

the people

class 6

/à.mà.ndè.βè.lè/

ko·Mthwakazi

the land

class 17

/kʼò.m.tʰwà.kà.zì/

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Northern Ndebele 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 Northern Ndebele? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Northern Ndebele'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

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Public

Where it is spoken

South Africa, Zimbabwe

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone S · S44 · Glottolog

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Ask for Northern Ndebele

Suggest a correction for Northern Ndebele

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "nde", "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/northern-ndebele.json