Janday language
Jandai is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Quandamooka people who live around the Moreton Bay region of Queensland. Other names and spellings are Coobenpil; Djandai; Djendewal; Dsandai; Goenpul; Janday; Jendairwal; Jundai; Koenpel; Noogoon; Tchandi. Traditionally spoken by members of the Goenpul people, it has close affinities with Nunukul language and Gowar language. Today now only few members still speak it.
Classification
The three tribes that comprise the Quandamooka people spoke dialects of a Durubalic language. The language that the Goenpul tribe of central and southern Stradbroke Island speaks is Jandai, and the Nunukul dialect of northern Stradbroke island was called Moondjan, the term for its distinctive word for "no".Bowern lists five Durubalic languages:
Dixon considers all but Guwar to be different dialects of the Yagara language.
Phonology
Consonants
- /c/ can be heard as either voiceless or voiced .
- Stop sounds /p, t, k/ may also be heard as voiced .
Vowels
- Vowel length is also distinctive.