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

(C)(C)V(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

an koko bas - 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

Nouns

Role assignment

subject: al(e)-

direct object/subject complement: ef(fe)-

indirect object: tu(n)-

object complement: wa(n)-

oblique: o(g)-

Number

singular, dual, paucal, and plural, marked by prefix on a stem, goes before role assignment (number goes on first)

singular: la(v)-

dual: di(c)-

paucal: fe(l)-

plural: na(r)-

Gender

There is no grammatical gender in Tandi

Possession

A na B

A is possessed, B is possessor

Determiners

Demonstratives

mitta wa_: this _

lotta wa_: that _