A Bantu language · Guthrie S32 · code under review

Pedi

In its own words: Sepedi

A variety of Northern Sotho.

Dialect South Africa

Se·pedi

the language

class 7

/sè.pɛ́.dì/

Mo·pedi

a person

class 1

/mò.pɛ́.dì/

Ba·pedi

the people

class 2

/βà.pɛ́.dì/

Bo·pedi

the land

class 14

/βò.pɛ́.dì/

One stem, pedi — 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 Pedi? Suggest a correction →

Pedi 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 Pedi? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Covered through Northern Sotho.

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 Pedi is not public yet — request it below.

Not yet

Where it is spoken

South Africa

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone S · S32

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Ask for Pedi

Suggest a correction for Pedi

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"language": "Pedi", "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/pedi.json