Idi is a
Pahoturi language spoken in
Western Province,
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 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
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)