Idi language

The language has been also known as Diblaeg, Dibolug, Dimisi, Dimsisi.{{Glottolog|idii1243}}

Taeme is a dialect distinct from Idi.

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

Idi phonemic inventory:{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Nicholas |authorlink=Nicholas Evans (linguist) |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The languages of Southern New Guinea |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=641-774 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}{{Cite book |last=Schokkin |first=Dineke |title=Phonetic Fieldwork in Southern New Guinea |last2=Gast |first2=Volker |last3=Evans |first3=Nicholas |last4=Döhler |first4=Christian |date=2021 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |isbn=978-0-9979673-2-6 |editor-last=Lindsey |editor-first=Kate L. |series=Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication No. 24 |location=Honolulu |pages=76–107 |language=en |chapter=Phonetics and Phonology of Idi |hdl=10125/24995 |editor-last2=Schokkin |editor-first2=Dineke |hdl-access=free}}

/z/ may also freely be realized as afficates [dʒ, dz].

/ə/ may also be heard as [ɐ].

Idi has elaborate verbal morphology, including complex marking of verbal number.{{cite journal |last1=Schokkin |first1=Dineke |title=Verbal number in Idi |journal=Studies in Language |date=2023 |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=291-317 |doi=10.1075/sl.21052.sch}} Other noteworthy features, which it shares with other Pahoturi River languages, are the high frequency of analytic constructions (consisting of an uninflecting form plus an inflected auxiliary) in addition to directly inflected verbs, and an elaborate inventory of copulas.{{cite journal |last1=Lindsey |first1=Kate Lynn |last2=Schokkin |first2=Dineke |last3=Wu |first3=Nairan |title=The Pahoturi River language family, with special reference to its verbal puzzles |journal=Linguistic Typology |date=2022 |doi=10.1515/lingty-2022-2096}}

• Agob language

{{reflist}}

• [https://katelynnlindsey.weebly.com/idi-language.html Idi language documentation project]
• [http://www.ethnologue.com/map/PG_14 Map showing the location of Idi] (#647).

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}

Category:Pahoturi languages

Category:Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)