Idi language

Idi
Idi
Region	New Guinea
Native speakers	1,600 (2000 census)
Language family	Trans-Fly Pahoturi Idi; ;
Dialects	Idi; Tame;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	idi
Glottolog	idii1243
	Map: The Pahoturi languages of Papua New Guinea

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.^[1]

Name[]

The language has been also known as Diblaeg, Dibolug, Dimisi, Dimsisi.^[2] Tame is a dialect distinct from Idi.^[1]

Social context[]

Idi is in contact with other Papuan languages of different families, including Nen, Nambo, and the closely related Agob.^[1]

Phonology[]

Idi phonemic inventory:^[3]^[4]

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

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Idi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Idi language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^ Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
^ Schokkin, Dineke; Gast, Volker; Evans, Nicholas; Döhler, Christian (2021). "Phonetics and Phonology of Idi". In Lindsey, Kate L.; Schokkin, Dineke (eds.). Phonetic Fieldwork in Southern New Guinea. Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication No. 24. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 76–107. hdl:10125/24995. ISBN 978-0-9979673-2-6.

External links[]

[e18-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Idi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Idi language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Evans-Southern-3] Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

[4] Schokkin, Dineke; Gast, Volker; Evans, Nicholas; Döhler, Christian (2021). "Phonetics and Phonology of Idi". In Lindsey, Kate L.; Schokkin, Dineke (eds.). Phonetic Fieldwork in Southern New Guinea. Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication No. 24. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 76–107. hdl:10125/24995. ISBN 978-0-9979673-2-6.

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