01 / TYPE
Swahili typography
Protect ng’ and the original apostrophe characters, respect long words, and explicitly select locale formats for sw-TZ, sw-KE or sw-CD.
OPEN-SOURCE SKILLS / SWAHILI TYPOGRAPHY
Current Version v0.1.0
Natural Swahili typography,
made with AI
KUMIHAN｜Mizani is a set of open-source AI skills for creating and reviewing Swahili websites, articles, reports, and presentations—with care for readability, layout, and the integrity of your original content.
OPEN SOURCEFOUR SKILLSSWAHILI FIRST
WORDS · SPACE · PURPOSE
01 / THE IDEA
Not a uniform look—
the right form for each message
Every brief, audience, and message is different. KUMIHAN｜Mizani helps AI shape typography, spacing, and hierarchy around the meaning and priorities of each piece—rather than applying one template to everything.
02 / WHAT MATTERS
Four things worth getting right
Practical priorities for creating and reviewing Swahili content.
02 / STRUCTURE
Purposeful structure
Shape the layout around the information, its priority, and the reader’s goal.
03 / FIDELITY
Source fidelity
Protect names, quotations, apostrophes, numbers, dates, codes and intended meaning. Record changes as proposals, never silent edits.
04 / REVIEW
Read-only review
Check finished work and organize issues—without touching the files.
TANZANIA / KENYA / UGANDA / DR CONGO
One Swahili language
different regional customs
Mizani works with a profile for each region and adapts to its character—vocabulary, the interplay with other languages, and local conventions for numbers and time. Regional variants are respected rather than flattened, and the source text is preserved.
TZTanzania
sw-TZThe national language, used across government, schools and the media; Swahili time (saa moja asubuhi, 7 a.m.) is part of everyday life.
KEKenya
sw-KESwahili sits alongside English, and writing often mixes the two; Sheng is heard in informal urban youth speech.
UGUganda
sw-UGEnglish dominates formal writing; Swahili, also an official language, serves mainly as a wider lingua franca.
CDDR Congo
sw-CDSpoken mainly in the east of the country; Congolese Swahili carries many loanwords from French, the official language.
03 / THE SKILLS
Four skills
One approach
From scoping the work to web, documents, and review.
01 / ENTRY
kumihan-mizani
Scope language, region, intended audience, medium, brand style and authorized edits before designing.
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02 / WEB
kumihan-mizani-web
Typography and design for Swahili websites, articles, landing pages, and UI.
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03 / DOCUMENTS
kumihan-mizani-documents
Structure and readability for reports, business documents, and slide decks.
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04 / REVIEW
kumihan-mizani-review
Review typography, information, and layout without editing source files.
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Current Version v0.1.0Published · Published at
04 / GET STARTED
Start with the AI tools
you already use
Setup varies by tool. Pick the guide for yours, then choose the skills you need.
RELEASED / v0.1.0
v0.1.0 provides four standalone skills and 24 advisory requirements with 24 research fixtures. Native host import, browser rendering and Swahili native editorial review remain unverified.
Another way to design
in Swahili
KUMIHAN｜Mizani is open source. The skills, releases, and full change history are on GitHub.