Janday language
| Jandai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Stradbroke Island |
| Ethnicity | Quandamooka, Goenpul |
| Extinct | (date missing)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jan |
| Glottolog | yaga1256 Yagara-Jandai |
| AIATSIS[1] | E19 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Jandai is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Quandamooka people who live around the Moreton Bay region of Queensland.[1][2] Other names and spellings are Coobenpil; Djandai; Djendewal; Dsandai; Goenpul; Janday; Jendairwal; Jundai; Koenpel; Noogoon; Tchandi.[3][4] Traditionally spoken by members of the Goenpul people, it has close affinities with Nunukul language (spoken by the Nunukul people) and Gowar language (spoken by the Ngugi people).[1] Today now only few members still speak it.
Classification
[edit | edit source]The three tribes that comprise the Quandamooka people spoke dialects of a Durubalic language.[5] 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".[4]
Bowern (2011) lists five Durubalic languages:[6]
Dixon (2002) considers all but Guwar to be different dialects of the Yagara language.[5]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Consonants
[edit | edit source]| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | |
| Plosive | p | k | c | t |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n |
| Rhotic | r | |||
| Lateral | l | |||
| Approximant | w | j | ||
- /c/ can be heard as either voiceless [c] or voiced [ɟ].
- Stop sounds /p, t, k/ may also be heard as voiced [b, d, ɡ].
Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
- Vowel length is also distinctive.[2]
Vocabulary
[edit | edit source]Some words from the Jandai language include:[3][4]
- Maroomba bigi/maroomba biggee: good day
- Juwanbinl: bird
- Buneen: echidna
- Gagarr: fish
- Murri: kangaroo
- Dumbirrbi: koala
- Gabul: snake
- Bingil: grass
- Humpi: home/camp
- Djara: land
- Juhrram: rain
- Bigi: sun
- Dabbil: water
- Bargan: boomerang
- Goondool: canoe
- Jahlo: fire
- Marra: hand
- Jalwang: knife
- Tabbil: water
- Wanya: where?
- Ragi bush
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d E19 Jandai at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b CC-BY license icon This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Jandai published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b c CC-BY license icon This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Goenpul published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 20 May 2022.
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)
