Idi language


Idi is a Pahoturi language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. 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 : a, æ, i, e, o, u, e
;Lax vowels : ı, ɐ