A Bantu language · Guthrie J53 · ISO 639-3 shr

Shi

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

In its own words: Mashi

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mashi

the language

class 7

/màʃì/

Mu·shy

a person

class 1

/mùʃì/

Ba·shy

the people

class 2

/baʃì/

Bushi

the land

class 14

sounds merge in the spoken form

/bùʃì/

From the BantuNomics language registry. Speak Shi and see something to correct? Tell us →

Shi 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 Shi? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Shi'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

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

Not yet

Where it is spoken

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone J · J53 · Glottolog

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Ask for Shi

Suggest a correction for Shi

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "shr", "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/shi.json

Shi