Tandí

Introduction

Obala waTandi yaali 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

(C)(C)[V(C)(C)]/ʔ, free placement of nasals and approximants

r and l become nasalized when following nasal vowels, r 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 bac - who (what AN)

an koko bac - whose (POSS what AN)

koko sãm - which of (what from)

Indefinite pronouns

Type	Negative	Universal	Assertive existential	Dubitative existential
Person	habbanko	habbanbaa	habbanlin	habbanen
Thing	lenko	lenbaa	lenlin	lenen
Place	arnko	arnbaa	arnlin	arnen
Time	cunko	cunbaa	cunlin	cunen

Nouns

Role assignment

subject (Nominative case): al(e)-

direct object/subject complement (Accusative case): bi(n)-

indirect object (Dative case): tu(n)-

object complement (Genitive case): wa(n)-

other (Oblique case): o(g)-

Number

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

dual: -(a)di

paucal: -(e)ve

plural: -(o)na

Gender

There is no grammatical gender in Tandi

Possession

POSD na POSR

Determiners

Demonstratives

mitta wa_: this _

lotta wa_: that _

Articles

en-: DEF