A Bantu language · Guthrie N15 · ISO 639-3 tog

Tonga (Malawi)

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

In its own words: Chitonga

Syllable inventory (FSI) released Malawi Tanzania

Chi·tonga

the language

class 7

/tʃì.tɔ́.ŋɡà/

Mu·tonga

a person

class 1

/mù.tɔ́.ŋɡà/

Ba·tonga

the people

class 2

/βà.tɔ́.ŋɡà/

U·tonga

the land

class 14

/ù.tɔ́.ŋɡà/

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

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Tonga (Malawi) 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 Tonga (Malawi)? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Tonga (Malawi)'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 Tonga (Malawi) is not public yet — request it below.

Not yet

Where it is spoken

Malawi, Tanzania

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone N · N15 · Glottolog

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Ask for Tonga (Malawi)

Suggest a correction for Tonga (Malawi)

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "tog", "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/tonga-malawi.json