A Bantu language · Guthrie C62 · code under review

Ntomba

In its own words: Lontomba

A variety of Ntomba.

Dialect Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lo·ntomba

the language

class 5

/lò.ntò.mβà/

Mo·ntomba

a person

class 1

/mò.ntò.mβà/

Ba·ntomba

the people

class 2

/βà.ntò.mβà/

Bo·ntomba

the land

class 14

/βò.ntò.mβà/

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

These names are still under review. Speak Ntomba? Suggest a correction →

Ntomba 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 Ntomba? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Covered through Ntomba.

Dialect

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 Ntomba is not public yet — request it below.

Not yet

Where it is spoken

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone C · C62

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Ask for Ntomba

Suggest a correction for Ntomba

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"language": "Ntomba", "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/ntomba-nlk.json