Tandi

Introduction

Obala waTandi yabali is the native language of the ŋation of N'ogaben waYukuz yalekki on order of lappi Mija on the 3rd of May, 2026, at 12:06 P.M. CST

Phonology

Vowels

Rounding	front	back
close	i/u
close-mid		/o
open-mid	e/
open		a/

Vowels may be nasalized or elongated

Consonants

Delivery	BIlabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	/m			/n
Plosive	p/b			t/d			k/g
Non-sibilant affricate					ts/dj
Sibilant fricative				c/z	s/j
Non-sibilant fricative		f/v	/ð					h/
Approximant				/r		/y	/w (/w/)
Lateral Approximant				/l

Phonotactics

(V)(CV)(C)(C)V(C)(V)(CV)(C), free placement of nasals and approximants

r becomes nasalized when following nasal vowels, becomes ɾ instead of ɹ when second in a consonant pair

Morphology

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

bin - 1

poka - 2

daad - 3

Deictic pronouns

mitta - this

lotta - that

Interrogative pronouns

koko - what

koko bas - who

koko með - whose

koko cam - which

Indefinite pronouns

Type	Negative	Universal	Assertive existential	Dubitative existential
Person	habbanko	habbanbaa	habbanlin	habbanen
Thing	lenko	lenbaa	lenlin	lenen
Place	arkenko	arkenbaa	arkenlin	arkenen
Time	cunko	cunbaa	cunlin	cunen