jaygogo079-hue/african-languages-api

# African Languages Translation API Translate to/from **Chichewa, Yao, Tumbuka, Swahili** — African languages spoken by **200M+ people** with near-zero digital API coverage. **Pricing:** $0.01/request via RapidAPI ## Supported Languages | Language | Code | Region | Speakers | |---------------|--------|---------------------------------------------|------------| | **Chichewa** | `ny` | Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe | 12M+ | | **Yao** | `yao` | Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania | 3M+ | | **Tumbuka** | `tum` | Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania | 2M+ | | **Swahili** | `sw` | Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, DRC, etc. | 200M+ | ## API Endpoints ### POST /translate Translate text between English and an African language. ```json { "text": "hello", "source": "english", "target": "chichewa" } ``` Response: ```json { "success": true, "translated_text": "moni", "source_language": "english", "target_language": "chichewa", "confidence": "dictionary_match", "cost": "$0.01" } ``` ### POST /translate/detect Detect which African language a text is in. ```json { "text": "zikomo kwambiri" } ``` ### GET /translate/languages List all supported languages with metadata. ### GET /health API health check. ## Headers | Header | Required | Description | |----------------------|----------|---------------------------------------| | `X-RapidAPI-Key` | Yes | Your RapidAPI subscription key | | `Content-Type` | Yes | `application/json` | ## Deploy to Render (free — no credit card) ### Option A: Deploy via Render Blueprint (recommended) Push to GitHub, then one click: 1. Create a GitHub repo, push this project 2. Go to render.com → **New Blueprint** 3. Connect your GitHub repo — Render reads `render.yaml` automatically 4. Click **Apply** — deployed in ~2 minutes ### Option B: Manu …