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)

koko sãm - which of (what from)

Indefinite pronouns

Type	Negative	Universal	Assertive existential	Dubitative existential
Person	habanko	habanbaa	habanlin	habanẽn
Thing	lenko	lenbaa	lenlin	lenẽn
Place	arnko	arnbaa	arnlin	arnẽn
Time	cunko	cunbaa	cunlin	cunẽn

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: n'obaan na n'obakuun - the room of the house (DEF-OBL-room POSS DEF-OBL-house)

Determiners

Demonstratives

mitta wa_: this _

lotta wa_: that _

Articles

n'-: DEF

Possessive Determiners

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

an koko bac - whose (POSS what AN)