Languages

Most endangered languages have no digital presence at all — no dictionary, no writing tools, no way for the next generation to engage with them the way they engage with everything else, on a screen. Without that infrastructure, a language doesn't just fade from use — it becomes invisible to the people who might otherwise carry it forward.

Our first and deepest commitment is to Kifuliiru, spoken by the Bafuliiru people of South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through Kifuliiru Lab, we've built a growing dictionary, grammar and conjugation tools, a community platform, and the data infrastructure needed to keep the language expanding rather than simply preserved in place.

Kifuliiru is first, not the last. We will add other languages when it is possible — when there are speakers, records, and a way to do the work properly.