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Introduction

'obala yábalí wantandí is the native language of the ŋation of 'o'aben yálekki wanyókóz on order of lappi Miya on the 3rd of May, 2026, at 12:06 P.M. CST

Phonology

Vowels


closure	front		central		back
closure	lax	tense	lax	tense	lax	tense
close	ɪ ⟨i⟩	i ⟨í⟩		ɨ ⟨ú⟩		u ⟨ó⟩
mid	ɛ ⟨e⟩	e ⟨é⟩	ə ⟨u⟩		o ⟨o⟩
open	æ ⟨á⟩	a ⟨a⟩

Vowels may be nasalized or elongated

Consonants


Placement → ↓ Manner	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Laryngeal
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	p / b		t / d			k / g	ʔ ⟨'⟩
Sibilant affricate				t͡ʃ ⟨ts⟩ / d͡ʒ ⟨dj⟩
Sibilant fricative			s ⟨c⟩ / z	ʃ ⟨s⟩ / ʒ ⟨j⟩
Non-sibilant fricative	f / v	ð			ʝ ⟨y⟩		h
Approximant			ɹ ⟨r⟩			w
Lateral Approximant			l

Consonant cluster reduction rules

Consonants can be 'absorbed' or 'deleted', where absorbed consonants become their absorber (dk > dd) and deleted consonants disappear (dn > n)

n absorbs neighboring m
m deletes preceding p and b
n deletes preceding t and d
g absorbs all other neighboring plosives, k absorbs all but g, d all but k and g, etc. (' is considered weak)
dj absorbs neighboring ts
dj and ts delete preceding j and s
j absorbs all other neighboring sibilant fricatives, s absorbs all but j, etc.
y absorbs all other neighboring non-sibilant fricatives, ð absorbs all but y, etc. (h is considered weak)
w absorbs all other neighboring approximants, and r absorbs l (regular and lateral approximants are blended)

Examples:

lad-gíla-món-'an → laggílamónan (d-g → gg, n-' → n)
lad-púkan-món → laddúkannón (d-p → dd, n-m → nn)
yá-damack-dé'an → yádamacké'an (ck-d → ck)
bí-daad-ní → bídaaní (d-n → n)

Phonotactics

C(S)V(C)(C) or (C)CV(S)(C) ,where C is any consonant, S is any oral sonorant, and V is any vowel

V can be lengthened, which is represented as 2 vowels in the romanization but counts as 1

C can be geminated, which is represented as 2(3^[1]) consonants in the romanization but counts as one for phonotactics

There is no set tense patterning, and tense is instead considered a part of intonation

Allophones

<f> /f/ → /fʰ/ | _N
<g> /g/ → /ɣ/ | L(G)_V
<k> /k/ → /kʰ/ | _N
<k> /k/ → /x/ | L(G)_V
<k> /x/ → /xʰ/ | _N
<l> /l/ → /l̃/ | N_
<p> /p/ → /pʰ/ | _N
<r> /ɹ/ → /ɾ/ | C!n_
<r> /ɹ/ → /ɹ̃/ | N_
<r> /ɹ/ → /ʢ̞/ | #_
<t> /t/ → /tʰ/ | _N
<y> /ʝ/ → /ʝ̃/ | N_
<w> /w/ → /w̃/ | N_

where C is any consonant, V is any vowel, L is any lax vowel, N is any nasal vowel, G is any oral sonorant, and #_ means word-initial

Rhyme scheme

In poetic meter, geminated vowels are twice as long, and geminated consonants and stretched rhymes^[2] are one and a half times as long.

Morphology

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

bín - 1.AN

mam - 1.INAN

poka - 2.AN

tóó - 2.INAN

dããd - 3.AN

ken - 3.INAN

Deictic pronouns

mitta - this

lotta - that

'this' is used for anything within two steps and arm's reach. 'that' is anything outside of that range.

Interrogative pronouns

koko - what

conna - when

mosí - who

(other interrogatives are phrasal, e.g. 'lewa koko' [in_order_to what] meaning 'why')

Indefinite pronouns


Case→	Negative	Universal	Assertive existential	Dubitative existential
Type↓	Negative	Universal	Assertive existential	Dubitative existential
Person	habunko	habunbaa	habunlin	habunẽn
Thing	lenko	lenbaa	lenlin	lenẽn
Place	ranko	ranbaa	ranlin	ranẽn
Time	cónko	cónbaa	cónlin	cónẽn

Nouns

Role assignment

subject (Nominative case): 'al-

direct object/subject complement (Accusative case): bí-

indirect object (Dative case): tú-

noun complement (Genitive case): wan-

other (Oblique case): 'o-^[3]

Number

singular default, plus dual, paucal, and plural marked by suffix on a stem which goes before tense and aspect

dual: -dí

paucal: -ve

plural: -na

Gender

There is no grammatical gender in Tandí

Possession

POSD na POSR: 'obaan na 'obákúún - the room of the house (DEF-OBL-room POSS DEF-OBL-house)

Determiners

Demonstratives

_ wannitta - this _

_ wanlotta - that _

Articles

Tandí does not use articles

Possessive Determiners

_ na _: doro na bín - my ball (ball POSS 1.AN); doro na poka - your ball (ball POSS 2.AN); etc.

_ na koko bac - whose _ (POSS what AN)

Quantifiers

Quantifiers go before the nouns they quantify (see Sentence Order)

Conjunctions

Conjunctions go in between semantic elements they connect, which can include things like nouns, noun phrases, relative clauses, verb argument lists^[4], etc.

Numerals

Cardinals

cardinal "'amend" noun - ní 'amend doro - two CARD ball - ball number two (of a collection)

Ordinals

ordinal tokan noun - ordinal ORD noun, e.g. ní tokan doro - two ORD ball - second ball^{[Example references 1]}

Nominals

root-cardinal - doroní - ball-two - two balls^{[Example references 2]}

nũm - zero

'ókcí - one

ní - two

ta'í - three

sín - four

kílan - five

jaal - six

kitten - seven

bón - eight

nítta - nine

lan - ten

cen - hundred

tõn - thousand

Adjectives

Placement

directly after the noun^{[Example references 3]}

Adjectives may or may not match the number of the noun, as there is a semantic difference^[5]

Comparison

yá-adjective-degree-PRS^[6] subject: subject is degree adjective than object^{[Example references 4]}

Finite Verbs

Tense

attaches to verb

-da: PRS
-'ãn: PST
-lí: FUT

Aspect

goes after tense:

-bó: PROG.CONT
-len: PERF
-món: GNO
-dada: HAB

goes before verb:

kon-: INF

Verb Postpositions

Mood

'akaa-: MIR
'anõõl-: CONC/HYP
'ila-: OPT/BEND
'íyye-: HORT/JUSS
luke-: DUB/COND
me-: ABIL
tene-: PERM/PRESCR

Evidentiality

-ce'í: RPT
-mánna: INFR
-nobã: NEV
-tócí: SENS

Negation

'eeya: NEG

Agreement

The 'present' tense is the present by default, and otherwise the tense of the last verb.^[7]^{[Example references 5]}

Voice

mẽna- : CAUS
lad- : PASS
'õm- : REV

Auxiliary Verbs

'ayí (AFF) conveys confirmation of an action, and is verbalized to 'ayída (AFF-PRS) to convey confirmation of a state or truth, or of an object's existence, across the past, present, or future, with tense agreement

'cirette laan ma/im' conveys that the subject has knowingly or unknowingly caused the direct object to be unintentionally involved in the indirect object (a state or event), where if the direct object and subject are the same the direct object may be omitted, or included for emphasis

Copula

There is no copula in Tandí

Adpositions

Agreement

No agreement between adposition and complement is necessary

Syntax

Sentence Order

VSO word order

Particles go before the words they attach to, and prepositions after

Adjectives may attach to any words except conjunctions and postpositions. They go directly after the word they attach to (except verbs, where they go after the postposition)

Adjectives can also be placed at the head of a verb phrase with tense marking to convey 'SBJ is ADJ'

Verb complements may be placed before the verb phrase's prepositional phrases and connected clauses, but still after the postposition and adjectives, if they are only one word long^{[Example references 6]}

Words modify nouns according to the following hierarchy:

PREP(QUANT(((HNR(N))ADJ)GEN))

Auxiliary Verb Constructions

Nouns cannot be advanded forward within auxiliary verb phrases

'ayí can be either a verb or a particle, as mentioned in Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary verbs follow a regular form:

V PREP Oi S (Od)

where V PREP is the auxiliary verb (a finite verb with a preposition), S is the subject and is NOT part of a prepositional phrase, Od is the direct object, and Oi is the noun phrase completing the prepositional phrase of the auxiliary verb

Adverb Placement

Adverbs are a derivative of adjectives, and follow adjective rules

Coordination and subordination

Conjunctions go between anything but postpositions and cannot be omitted. Coordinate and subordinate clauses are separated by conjunctions. There is no distinction made between coordination and subordination on a grammatical level

Relative Clauses

Relative clauses follow a regular form:

HEAD REL VP

where HEAD is 3.INAN if the relative clause is free and the bound matrix clause if the relative clause is bound, REL is a preposition (kaka /kaxa/), and VP is a verb phrase, and the head is the verb phrase's implied direct object

Questions

Polar Questions

hal ('eeya) _: is _ (un)true?

WH-Questions

There are three interrogative pronouns, which can form more specific interrogatives through genitives, prepositions, and conjunctions:

koko - what
conna - when
mosí - who
koko wacón - when (what time), pronoun (emphatic)
koko wanhabun - who (what person), pronoun (emphatic)
koko waran - where (what place), pronoun (generic)
lewa koko - why (to what end), prepositional phrase
konto koko - why (because of what reasoning), subordinate clause
lak koko - how (by doing what), prepositional phrase
no koko - about what, prepositional phrase
'im koko - where (near what), prepositional phrase
'im conna - when (near when), prepositional phrase
'imaan conna - for what time frame (inside when), prepositional phrase
do koko - from what, prepositional phrase
laan koko - to what, prepositional phrase
etc...

questions are asked in the same intonation and word order as statements are declared^{[Example references 7]}

Existential Clause

uses the auxiliary verb construction of 'ayí

Miscellaneous

The subject, and sometimes the object, direct or indirect, of a verb phrase can be move up in the sentence in a select set of cases:

A quote is being given. Since the quote is a prepositional phrase, it would normally occur before the arguments of the verb. However, because this could result in poorer understanding of the quote itself, the arguments go before SPECIFICALLY the quote, and after any other prepositions or particles, and the quote prepositional phrase always goes last.^{[Example references 8]}
The subject or object is only one word long. In order to promote faster delivery of important information, the word may be placed before all prepositions and particles, at the 'front' of the verb phrase (behind the verb, postposition, and adverbs)

Examples

↑ e.g. ní tokan 'aban nana jelí | two ORD day PRT year | second day of the year
↑ e.g. baddaa 'aldaadukcí bídããní | hit-PRS NOM-3.AN-one ACC-3.AN-two | he hit him (of two people)
↑ e.g. 'okína yálekkena wakakííta | OBL-seed-PL ADJ-green GEN-pepper | green pepper seeds
↑ e.g. yábannúda 'albín 'an bípoka | ADJ-good-COMP-PRS NOM-1SG.AN than ACC-1SG.AN | I am better than you (lit. am_better I than you)
↑ e.g. lagað'ãn 'albín tandralí 'albín | say-PST NOM-1.AN run-FUT NOM-1.AN | I said I was going to run
↑ e.g. "balda yábããntoge laan 'imaan 'omarkã́z 'albello" -> "balda yátandratoge 'albello laan ..." | "go-PRS ADJ-race-property to INE OBL-store NOM-bear" -> "go-PRS ADJ-race-property NOM-bear to ..." | "The bear goes quickly to the store"
↑ e.g. ga'ãn 'almosí bíkoko 'im conna, dú 'imaan conna, dú 'im koko, dú no koko, dú lewa koko, dú lak koko, dú kepen koko, dú do koko, dú laan koko, ..., dú kit mosí túkoko? | do-PST NOM-who ACC-what near when, CON inside when, CON near what, CON about what, CON by_doing what, CON INSTR what, CON from what, CON to what, ..., CON BEN who DAT-what | "who did what when, in what time frame, where, about what, why, how, using what, from what, ... , and to what (indirect) to what (direct)?"
↑ e.g. lagaðan 'alheman naní no tatammaa tene 'alpoka, 'al'afanafta, bílagað na 'obín túheman 'ejanacír. | laɣaðan ʔalhɛman nani no tatamːaː tɛnɛ ʔalpoxa, ʔalʔafanafta, bilaɣað na ʔobin tyhɛman ʔɛʝanasiɹ. | say-PST NOM-HNR Nanni that repeat-PRS PERM.PRESCR NOM-2.AN NOM-ACTOR-courier ACC-speech POSS OBL-1.AN DAT-HNR Ea-Naṣir | "You, my courier, will repeat my message to Ea-Naṣir," said Nanni.

Notes

↑ digraphs geminate their first letter only
↑ A stretched rhyme is a rhyme which has no gemination but is lengthened to accommodate for mismatch with the meter.
↑ oblique case is not required on personal pronouns
↑ The list of a verb's subject, direct object, and indirect object, in the case that a verb is applied to multiple sets of arguments
↑ e.g. "Her muscles were like steel cables" implies her muscles were strong, where "Her muscles were like a steel cable" implies they are arranged in a line
↑ Note here that the adjective is used as a verb, and is placed as the head of a verb phrase
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[5] .g. ní tokan 'aban nana jelí | two ORD day PRT year | second day of the year

[6] .g. baddaa 'aldaadukcí bídããní | hit-PRS NOM-3.AN-one ACC-3.AN-two | he hit him (of two people)

[7] .g. 'okína yálekkena wakakííta | OBL-seed-PL ADJ-green GEN-pepper | green pepper seeds

[10] .g. yábannúda 'albín 'an bípoka | ADJ-good-COMP-PRS NOM-1SG.AN than ACC-1SG.AN | I am better than you (lit. am_better I than you)

[12] .g. lagað'ãn 'albín tandralí 'albín | say-PST NOM-1.AN run-FUT NOM-1.AN | I said I was going to run

[13] .g. "balda yábããntoge laan 'imaan 'omarkã́z 'albello" -> "balda yátandratoge 'albello laan ..." | "go-PRS ADJ-race-property to INE OBL-store NOM-bear" -> "go-PRS ADJ-race-property NOM-bear to ..." | "The bear goes quickly to the store"

[14] .g. ga'ãn 'almosí bíkoko 'im conna, dú 'imaan conna, dú 'im koko, dú no koko, dú lewa koko, dú lak koko, dú kepen koko, dú do koko, dú laan koko, ..., dú kit mosí túkoko? | do-PST NOM-who ACC-what near when, CON inside when, CON near what, CON about what, CON by_doing what, CON INSTR what, CON from what, CON to what, ..., CON BEN who DAT-what | "who did what when, in what time frame, where, about what, why, how, using what, from what, ... , and to what (indirect) to what (direct)?"

[15] .g. lagaðan 'alheman naní no tatammaa tene 'alpoka, 'al'afanafta, bílagað na 'obín túheman 'ejanacír. | laɣaðan ʔalhɛman nani no tatamːaː tɛnɛ ʔalpoxa, ʔalʔafanafta, bilaɣað na ʔobin tyhɛman ʔɛʝanasiɹ. | say-PST NOM-HNR Nanni that repeat-PRS PERM.PRESCR NOM-2.AN NOM-ACTOR-courier ACC-speech POSS OBL-1.AN DAT-HNR Ea-Naṣir | "You, my courier, will repeat my message to Ea-Naṣir," said Nanni.

[1] raphs geminate their first letter only

[2] A stretched rhyme is a rhyme which has no gemination but is lengthened to accommodate for mismatch with the meter.

[3] que case is not required on personal pronouns

[4] The list of a verb's subject, direct object, and indirect object, in the case that a verb is applied to multiple sets of arguments

[8] .g. "Her muscles were like steel cables" implies her muscles were strong, where "Her muscles were like a steel cable" implies they are arranged in a line

[9] Note here that the adjective is used as a verb, and is placed as the head of a verb phrase

[11] ADD THIS REFERENCE AND DELETE THE OTHER ONE

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[Example references 1]

[Example references 2]

[Example references 3]

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[Example references 4]

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[Example references 5]

[Example references 6]

[Example references 7]

[Example references 8]

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 == Introduction ==
-'obala waTandí yábalí is the native language of the ŋation of [[N'ogabben waYukuz yalelekki|N'ogaben waYukuz yalekki]] on order of [[User:MiaKvigan|lappi Mija]] on the 3rd of May, 2026, at 12:06 P.M. CST
+'obala yábalí wantandí is the native language of the ŋation of [[Yókóz|'o'aben yálekki wanyókóz]] on order of [[User:MiaKvigan|lappi Miya]] on the 3rd of May, 2026, at 12:06 P.M. CST
 == Phonology ==
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-!closure
+! rowspan="2" |closure
-!front
+! colspan="2" |front
-!back
+! colspan="2" |central
+! colspan="2" |back
+|-
+!lax
+!tense
+!lax
+!tense
+!lax
+!tense
 |-
 |close
-|í/ú
+|ɪ ⟨i⟩
-|/u
+|i ⟨í⟩
-|-
-|near-close
-|i/
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-|-
+|ɨ ⟨ú⟩
-|close-mid
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-|/o
+|u ⟨ó⟩
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+|mid
-|e/
+|ɛ ⟨e⟩
+|e ⟨é⟩
+|ə ⟨u⟩
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-|-
+|o ⟨o⟩
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-|á/
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-|a/
+|æ ⟨á⟩
+|a ⟨a⟩
+|
+|
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-|}
+|
-Vowels may be nasalized or elongated
+|}Vowels may be nasalized or elongated
 === Consonants ===
 {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
 |+
-!Delivery
+!Placement →
-!BIlabial
+↓ Manner
-!Labiodental
+!Labial
 !Dental
 !Alveolar
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 !Palatal
 !Velar
-!Glottal
+!Laryngeal
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-|/m
+|m
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+|n
-|/n
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-|p/b
+|p / b
-|
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-|t/d
+|t / d
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-|k/g
+|k / g
-|'
+|ʔ ⟨'⟩
 |-
-|Non-sibilant affricate
+|Sibilant affricate
-|
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-|ts/dj
+|t͡ʃ ⟨ts⟩ / d͡ʒ ⟨dj⟩
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+|s ⟨c⟩ / z
-|c/z
+|ʃ ⟨s⟩ / ʒ ⟨j⟩
-|s/j
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 |-
 |Non-sibilant fricative
+|f / v
+|ð
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-|f/v
-|/ð
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+|ʝ ⟨y⟩
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-|/y
-|k/g
 |h
-|-
-|Tap/Flap
-|
-|
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-|
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-|
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+|ɹ ⟨r⟩
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+|w
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-|/w (/w/)
-|/r (/ɦ̞/)
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-|
+|l
-|/l
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 |
 |}
+==== Consonant cluster reduction rules ====
+Consonants can be 'absorbed' or 'deleted', where absorbed consonants become their absorber (dk > dd) and deleted consonants disappear (dn > n)
+* n absorbs neighboring m
+* m deletes preceding p and b
+* n deletes preceding t and d
+* g absorbs all other neighboring plosives, k absorbs all but g, d all but k and g, etc. (' is considered weak)
+* dj absorbs neighboring ts
+* dj and ts delete preceding j and s
+* j absorbs all other neighboring sibilant fricatives, s absorbs all but j, etc.
+* y absorbs all other neighboring non-sibilant fricatives, ð absorbs all but y, etc. (h is considered weak)
+* w absorbs all other neighboring approximants, and r absorbs l (regular and lateral approximants are blended)
+Examples:
+* lad-gíla-món-'an → laggílamónan (d-g → gg, n-' → n)
+* lad-púkan-món → laddúkannón (d-p → dd, n-m → nn)
+* yá-damack-dé'an → yádamacké'an (ck-d → ck)
+* bí-daad-ní → bídaaní (d-n → n)
 === Phonotactics ===
-(C)(C)V(C) or (C)V(C)(C)
+C(S)V(C)(C) or (C)CV(S)(C) ,where C is any consonant, S is any oral sonorant, and V is any vowel
-<r> /ɹ/ → /ʢ̞/ | #_
-<r> /ɹ/ → /ɹ̃/ | N_
+V can be lengthened, which is represented as 2 vowels in the romanization but counts as 1
-<r> /ɹ/ → /ɾ/ | C_
+C can be geminated, which is represented as 2(3<ref>digraphs geminate their first letter only</ref>) consonants in the romanization but counts as one for phonotactics
-<g> /g/ → /ɣ/ V![á,í,ú](r/l)_V
+There is no set tense patterning, and tense is instead considered a part of intonation
-<k> /k/ → /x/ V![á,í,ú](r/l)_V
+==== Allophones ====
-<l> /l/ → /l̃/ | N_
+* <f> /f/ → /fʰ/ | _N
+* <g> /g/ → /ɣ/ | L(G)_V
+* <k> /k/ → /kʰ/ | _N
+* <k> /k/ → /x/ | L(G)_V
+* <k> /x/ → /xʰ/ | _N
+* <l> /l/ → /l̃/ | N_
+* <nowiki><p> /p/ → /pʰ/ | _N</nowiki>
+* <r> /ɹ/ → /ɾ/ | C!n_
+* <r> /ɹ/ → /ɹ̃/ | N_
+* <r> /ɹ/ → /ʢ̞/ | #_
+* <t> /t/ → /tʰ/ | _N
+* <y> /ʝ/ → /ʝ̃/ | N_
+* <w> /w/ → /w̃/ | N_
+where C is any consonant, V is any vowel, L is any lax vowel, N is any nasal vowel, G is any oral sonorant, and #_ means word-initial
-where C is any consonant, N is any nasal vowel
+==== Rhyme scheme ====
+In poetic meter, geminated vowels are twice as long, and geminated consonants and stretched rhymes<ref>A stretched rhyme is a rhyme which has no gemination but is lengthened to accommodate for mismatch with the meter.</ref> are one and a half times as long.
 == Morphology ==
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 ==== Personal pronouns ====
-bin - 1.AN
+bín - 1.AN
 mam - 1.INAN
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 poka - 2.AN
-tuu - 2.INAN
+tóó - 2.INAN
-daad - 3.AN
+dããd - 3.AN
 ken - 3.INAN
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 lotta - that
+'this' is used for anything within two steps and arm's reach. 'that' is anything outside of that range.
 ==== Interrogative pronouns ====
 koko - what
+conna - when
+mosí - who
 (other interrogatives are phrasal, e.g. 'lewa koko' [in_order_to what] meaning 'why')
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 {| class="wikitable"
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-!Type
+!Case→
-!Negative
+! rowspan="2" |Negative
-!Universal
+! rowspan="2" |Universal
-!Assertive existential
+! rowspan="2" |Assertive existential
-!Dubitative existential
+! rowspan="2" |Dubitative existential
+|-
+!Type↓
 |-
 |Person
-|habanko
+|habunko
-|habanbaa
+|habunbaa
-|habanlin
+|habunlin
-|habanẽn
+|habunẽn
 |-
 |Thing
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 |-
 |Time
-|cunko
+|cónko
-|cunbaa
+|cónbaa
-|cunlin
+|cónlin
-|cunẽn
+|cónẽn
 |}
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 ==== Role assignment ====
-subject (Nominative case): (')al(e)-
+subject (Nominative case): 'al-
-direct object/subject complement (Accusative case): bí(n)-
+direct object/subject complement (Accusative case): bí-
-indirect object (Dative case): tú(n)-
+indirect object (Dative case): tú-
-object complement (Genitive case): wa(l)-
+noun complement (Genitive case): wan-
-other (Oblique case): (')o(g)-
+other (Oblique case): 'o-<ref>oblique case is not required on personal pronouns</ref>
 ==== Number ====
 singular default, plus dual, paucal, and plural marked by suffix on a stem which goes before tense and aspect
-dual: -(a)dí
+dual: -dí
-paucal: -(e)ve
+paucal: -ve
-plural: -(o)na
+plural: -na
 ==== Gender ====
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 ==== Possession ====
-POSD na POSR: 'obaan na 'obakuun - the room of the house (DEF-OBL-room POSS DEF-OBL-house)
+POSD na POSR: 'obaan na 'obákúún - the room of the house (DEF-OBL-room POSS DEF-OBL-house)
 === Determiners ===
 ==== Demonstratives ====
-mitta wa_ - this _
+_ wannitta - this _
-lotta wa_ - that _
+_ wanlotta - that _
 ==== Articles ====
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 ==== Quantifiers ====
-ãmm - all
+Quantifiers go before the nouns they quantify (see Sentence Order)
-tsupla - most
+=== Conjunctions ===
+Conjunctions go in between semantic elements they connect, which can include things like nouns, noun phrases, relative clauses, verb argument lists<ref>The list of a verb's subject, direct object, and indirect object, in the case that a verb is applied to multiple sets of arguments</ref>, etc.
-minet - few
 === Numerals ===
 ==== Cardinals ====
-cardinal "no" noun - cardinal of noun, e.g. ní no doro - two of ball - two balls
+cardinal "'amend" noun - ní 'amend doro - two CARD ball - ball number two (of a collection)
+==== Ordinals ====
+ordinal tokan noun - ordinal ORD noun, e.g. ní tokan doro - two ORD ball - second ball<ref group="Example references">e.g. ní tokan 'aban nana jelí | two ORD day PRT year | second day of the year</ref>
+==== Nominals ====
+root-cardinal - doroní - ball-two - two balls<ref group="Example references">e.g. baddaa 'aldaadukcí bídããní | hit-PRS NOM-3.AN-one ACC-3.AN-two | he hit him (of two people)</ref>
 nũm - zero
-'ukcí - one
+'ókcí - one
 ní - two
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 kitten - seven
-bun - eight
+bón - eight
 nítta - nine
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 tõn - thousand
-==== Ordinals ====
-ordinal tokan noun - ordinal ORD noun, e.g. ní tokan doro - two ORD ball - second ball
-ní tokan 'aban nana jelí - two ORD day PRT year- second day of the year
-==== Nominals ====
-root-cardinal - root number cardinal, e.g. doroní - ball-two - ball number two
-baddaa 'aldaadukcí bídaadaní - hit-PRS NOM-3.AN-one ACC-3.AN-two - he hit him
 === Adjectives ===
 ==== Placement ====
-directly after the noun
+directly after the noun<ref group="Example references">e.g. 'okína yálekkena wakakííta | OBL-seed-PL ADJ-green GEN-pepper | green pepper seeds</ref>
-ní nana vaca no kína yálekkena wakakííta  - two PRT satchel of seed-PL ADJ-green-PL GEN-pepper - two of the bag of green pepper seeds (from one pepper)
+Adjectives may or may not match the number of the noun, as there is a semantic difference<ref>e.g. "Her muscles were like steel cables" implies her muscles were strong, where "Her muscles were like a steel cable" implies they are arranged in a line</ref>
-should match the number of the noun
 ==== Comparison ====
-'ayída subject comparator yá-adjective 'an object - subject is comparator adjective than object, e.g. 'ayída 'albín mer yában 'an 'opoka - AFF-PRS NOM-1.AN COMP ADJ-good than OBL-2.AN - I am better than you (lit. I am more good than you)
+yá-adjective-degree-PRS<ref>Note here that the adjective is used as a verb, and is placed as the head of a verb phrase</ref> subject: subject is degree adjective than object<ref group="Example references">e.g. yábannúda 'albín 'an bípoka | ADJ-good-COMP-PRS NOM-1SG.AN than ACC-1SG.AN | I am better than you (lit. am_better I than you)</ref>
 === Finite Verbs ===
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 attaches to verb
--(d)a- : PRS
+* -da: PRS
+* -'ãn: PST
+* -lí: FUT
+==== Aspect ====
+goes after tense:
+* -bó: PROG.CONT
+* -len: PERF
+* -món: GNO
+* -dada: HAB
+goes before verb:
+* kon-: INF
--(')an- : PST
+=== Verb Postpositions ===
--(u)lí- : FUT
+==== Mood ====
-==== Aspect ====
+* 'akaa-: MIR
-goes after tense:
+* 'anõõl-: CONC/HYP
+* 'ila-: OPT/BEND
+* 'íyye-: HORT/JUSS
+* luke-: DUB/COND
+* me-: ABIL
+* tene-: PERM/PRESCR
--(u)bu : PROG.CONT
+==== Evidentiality ====
--(l)en : PERF
+* -ce'í: RPT
+* -mánna: INFR
+* -nobã: NEV
+* -tócí: SENS
+Negation
+* 'eeya: NEG
--(á)mun : GNO
+==== Agreement ====
+The 'present' tense is the present by default, and otherwise the tense of the last verb.<ref>ADD THIS REFERENCE AND DELETE THE OTHER ONE</ref><ref group="Example references">e.g. lagað'ãn 'albín tandralí 'albín | say-PST NOM-1.AN run-FUT NOM-1.AN | I said I was going to run</ref>
--(d)ada : HAB
+==== Voice ====
-goes before verb:
+* mẽna- : CAUS
+* lad- : PASS
+* 'õm- : REV
-ko(n)- : INF
+=== Auxiliary Verbs ===
+'ayí (AFF) conveys confirmation of an action, and is verbalized to 'ayída (AFF-PRS) to convey confirmation of a state or truth, or of an object's existence, across the past, present, or future, with tense agreement
+'cirette laan ma/im' conveys that the subject has knowingly or unknowingly caused the direct object to be unintentionally involved in the indirect object (a state or event), where if the direct object and subject are the same the direct object may be omitted, or included for emphasis
-In addition, there is the following phrasal construction:
+=== Copula ===
+There is no copula in Tandí
-'ayída _-(d)a : EXP-_
+=== Adpositions ===
-==== Mood ====
+==== Agreement ====
-'akaa- : MIR
+No agreement between adposition and complement is necessary
+== Syntax ==
-'anoo- : CONC.HYP
+=== Sentence Order ===
+VSO word order
-'ila- : OPT.BEND
+Particles go before the words they attach to, and prepositions after
-'íyye- : HORT.JUSS
+Adjectives may attach to any words except conjunctions and postpositions. They go directly after the word they attach to (except verbs, where they go after the postposition)
-luke- : DUB.COND
+Adjectives can also be placed at the head of a verb phrase with tense marking to convey 'SBJ is ADJ'
-me- : ABIL
+Verb complements may be placed before the verb phrase's prepositional phrases and connected clauses, but still after the postposition and adjectives, if they are only one word long<ref group="Example references">e.g. "balda yábããntoge laan 'imaan 'omarkã́z 'albello" -> "balda yátandratoge 'albello laan ..." | "go-PRS ADJ-race-property to INE OBL-store NOM-bear" -> "go-PRS ADJ-race-property NOM-bear to ..." | "The bear goes quickly to the store"</ref>
-tene- : PERM.PRESCR
+Words modify nouns according to the following hierarchy:
-==== Evidentiality ====
+* PREP(QUANT(((HNR(N))ADJ)GEN))
--ce'í : RPT
--mánna : INFR
+==== Auxiliary Verb Constructions ====
+Nouns cannot be advanded forward within auxiliary verb phrases
--noba : NVIS
+'ayí can be either a verb or a particle, as mentioned in Auxiliary Verbs
--tucí : VIS
+Auxiliary verbs follow a regular form:
-==== Negation ====
+* V PREP Oi S (Od)
-'eeya - NEG
-==== Agreement ====
+where V PREP is the auxiliary verb (a finite verb with a preposition), S is the subject and is NOT part of a prepositional phrase, Od is the direct object, and Oi is the noun phrase completing the prepositional phrase of the auxiliary verb
-When a past-tense verb phrase contains another verb phrase, that past is the referent present of the nested verb phrase (e.g. lagaðan 'albín tandralí 'albín - say-PST NOM-1.AN run-FUT NOM-1.AN - I said I was going to run)
-==== Voice ====
+==== Adverb Placement ====
-mẽn(a)- : CAUS
+Adverbs are a derivative of adjectives, and follow adjective rules
-la(d)- : PASS
+=== Coordination and subordination ===
+Conjunctions go between anything but postpositions and cannot be omitted. Coordinate and subordinate clauses are separated by conjunctions. There is no distinction made between coordination and subordination on a grammatical level
-'õm(a)- : REV
+=== Relative Clauses ===
+Relative clauses follow a regular form:
-=== Auxiliary Verbs ===
+* HEAD REL VP
-'ayí (AFF) conveys confirmation of an action, and is verbalized to 'ayída (AFF-PRS) to convey confirmation of a state or truth, or of an object's existence, across the past, present, or future, with tense agreement
-=== Copula ===
+where HEAD is 3.INAN if the relative clause is free and the bound matrix clause if the relative clause is bound, REL is a preposition (kaka /kaxa/), and VP is a verb phrase, and the head is the verb phrase's implied direct object
-There is no copula in Tandí
-=== Adpositions ===
+=== Questions ===
-==== Agreement ====
+==== Polar Questions ====
-No agreement between adposition and complement is necessary
-== Syntax ==
+* hal ('eeya) _: is _ (un)true?
-=== Sentence Order ===
+==== WH-Questions ====
+There are three interrogative pronouns, which can form more specific interrogatives through genitives, prepositions, and conjunctions:
+* koko - what
+* conna - when
+* mosí - who
+* koko wacón - when (what time), pronoun (emphatic)
+* koko wanhabun - who (what person), pronoun (emphatic)
+* koko waran - where (what place), pronoun (generic)
+* lewa koko - why (to what end), prepositional phrase
+* konto koko - why (because of what reasoning), subordinate clause
+* lak koko - how (by doing what), prepositional phrase
+* no koko - about what, prepositional phrase
+* 'im koko - where (near what), prepositional phrase
+* 'im conna - when (near when), prepositional phrase
+* 'imaan conna - for what time frame (inside when), prepositional phrase
+* do koko - from what, prepositional phrase
+* laan koko - to what, prepositional phrase
+* etc...
+questions are asked in the same intonation and word order as statements are declared<ref group="Example references">e.g. ga'ãn 'almosí bíkoko 'im conna, dú 'imaan conna, dú 'im koko, dú no koko, dú lewa koko, dú lak koko, dú kepen koko, dú do koko, dú laan koko, ..., dú kit mosí túkoko? | do-PST NOM-who ACC-what near when, CON inside when, CON near what, CON about what, CON by_doing what, CON INSTR what, CON from what, CON to what, ..., CON BEN who DAT-what | "who did what when, in what time frame, where, about what, why, how, using what, from what, ... , and to what (indirect) to what (direct)?"</ref>
-==== Default Order ====
+=== Existential Clause ===
-VSO
+uses the auxiliary verb construction of 'ayí
-==== Secondary Order ====
+== Miscellaneous ==
-Sentence order is always VSO
+The subject, and sometimes the object, direct or indirect, of a verb phrase can be move up in the sentence in a select set of cases:
-==== Auxiliary Verb Constructions ====
+# A quote is being given. Since the quote is a prepositional phrase, it would normally occur before the arguments of the verb. However, because this could result in poorer understanding of the quote itself, the arguments go before SPECIFICALLY the quote, and after any other prepositions or particles, and the quote prepositional phrase always goes last.<ref group="Example references">e.g. lagaðan 'alheman naní no tatammaa tene 'alpoka, 'al'afanafta, bílagað na 'obín túheman 'ejanacír. | laɣaðan ʔalhɛman nani no tatamːaː tɛnɛ ʔalpoxa, ʔalʔafanafta, bilaɣað na ʔobin tyhɛman ʔɛʝanasiɹ. | say-PST NOM-HNR Nanni that repeat-PRS PERM.PRESCR NOM-2.AN NOM-ACTOR-courier ACC-speech POSS OBL-1.AN DAT-HNR Ea-Naṣir | "You, my courier, will repeat my message to Ea-Naṣir," said Nanni.</ref>
-'ayí can be either a verb or a preposition, as mentioned in Auxiliary Verbs
+# The subject or object is only one word long. In order to promote faster delivery of important information, the word may be placed before all prepositions and particles, at the 'front' of the verb phrase (behind the verb, postposition, and adverbs)
-=== Coordination ===
+== Examples ==
+<references group="Example references" />
-==== Nominal Coordination ====
+== Notes ==
+<references />

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Articles

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Comparison

Finite Verbs

Tense

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Verb Postpositions

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Evidentiality

Agreement

Voice

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Copula

Adpositions

Agreement

Syntax

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