Idi is a
Pahoturi language
The Pahoturi languages are a small family of Papuan languages spoken around the Pahoturi ( Paho River). This family includes six language varieties including Agöb (Dabu), Em, Ende, Kawam, Idi, and Taeme, which are spoken in the Pahoturi River a ...
spoken in
Western Province
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* Western Province, Cameroon
*Western Province, Rwanda
*Western Province (Kenya)
*Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
*Western Province (Solomon Islands)
*Western Province, Sri Lanka
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,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. The so-called Pahoturi dialects form a
dialect chain
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
with Idi proper at one end and
Agob proper at the other.
Name
The language has been also known as ''Diblaeg'', ''Dibolug'', ''Dimisi'', ''Dimsisi''.
''Tame'' is a dialect distinct from Idi.
Social context
Idi is in contact with other Papuan languages of different families, including
Nen,
Nambo, and the closely related
Agob.
Phonology
Idi phonemic inventory:
;Consonants: p, t, ʈ, k, kʷ, b, d, ɖ, ɡ, ɡʷ, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, ᵐb, ⁿd, ᶯɖ, ᵑɡ, ᵑɡw, ʤ, ⁿʤ, l, ʎ, r, j, w
;Tense vowels (in stressed open syllables): a, æ, i, e, o, u, e
;Lax vowels (not in stressed open syllables): ı, ɐ
See also
*
Agob language
The Agöb languages are a group of Pahoturi languages spoken in eastern Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The language varieties include Agöb (or Dabu), Ende, and Kawam. Languages in this group, along with the Idi languag ...
References
External links
Idi language documentation projectMap showing the location of Idi(#647).
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea
Pahoturi languages
Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)