| Idi | |
| Region: | New Guinea |
| Date: | 2000 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans-Fly |
| Fam2: | Pahoturi |
| Iso3: | idi |
| Glotto: | idii1243 |
| Glottorefname: | Idi-Taeme |
| Glottofoot: | no |
| Dia1: | Idi |
| Dia2: | Tame |
| Map: | Map of Pahoturi River languages.jpg |
| Mapcaption: | 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.
The language has been also known as Diblaeg, Dibolug, Dimisi, Dimsisi.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:[1] [2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| prenasalized | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Affricate | |||||||||
| Approximant | liquid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| semivowel | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Trill | |||||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Near-close | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Near-open | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ |
Idi has elaborate verbal morphology, including complex marking of verbal number.[3] 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.[4]
. Nicholas Evans (linguist) . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The languages of Southern New Guinea . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 641-774 . 978-3-11-028642-7.