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 |