A Bantu language · Guthrie M41 · ISO 639-3 tap

Tabwa

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

In its own words: Icitabwa

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia

I·ci·tabwa

the language

class 7

/ì.tʃì.tà.βà/

U·mu·tabwa

a person

class 1

/ù.mù.tà.βà/

A·ba·tabwa

the people

class 2

/à.βà.tà.βà/

Bu·tabwa

the land

class 14

/βù.tà.βà/

One stem, tabwa — 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 Tabwa? Suggest a correction →

Tabwa 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 Tabwa? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Tabwa'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 Tabwa is not public yet — request it below.

Not yet

Where it is spoken

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone M · M41 · Glottolog

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Ask for Tabwa

Suggest a correction for Tabwa

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

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