Beta
Translation API
The first Bantu-to-Bantu translation API
Translate between Bantu languages with no English intermediary. Our proprietary models deliver accurate Bantu↔Bantu translation that no other API offers.
Features
What you get
Direct Bantu↔Bantu translation (no English pivot)
Proprietary neural translation models
Language pairs: zu↔xh, swa↔kin, and more
Preserves grammatical structure across agglutinative languages
Batch translation support
Custom glossary support
Pricing: $0.05 per 1K characters
Request
curl -X POST https://api.bhala.ai/v1/translate \
-H "Authorization: Bearer bh_sk_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"text": "Sawubona, unjani?",
"source": "zu",
"target": "xh"
}'Response
{
"translation": "Molo, unjani?",
"source_language": "zu",
"target_language": "xh",
"confidence": 0.94,
"usage": {
"characters": 18
}
}Use Cases
What you can build with Translation API
Cross-language customer support
Document translation for government services
Education platform localization
NGO and humanitarian communication
Language Support
Supported languages
Purpose-built for the Bantu language family with more languages being added continuously.
IsiZulu
12M+ speakers
IsiXhosa
8M+ speakers
Sepedi
5M+ speakers
Setswana
5M+ speakers
Sesotho
6M+ speakers
Xitsonga
4M+ speakers
IsiSwati
2.5M+ speakers
Tshivenda
1.3M+ speakers
Lingala
20M+ speakers
Tshiluba
6M+ speakers
Kikongo
5M+ speakers
KiSwahili
15M+ L1 speakers
Kinyarwanda
13M+ speakers
ChiShona
11M+ speakers
IsiNdebele
2M+ speakers
ChiTonga
1.5M+ speakers
Umbundu
6M+ speakers
Kimbundu
3M+ speakers
Kirundi
11M+ speakers
Chichewa
10M+ speakers
Bemba
4M+ speakers
Luganda
5.5M+ speakers