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] Taeme 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

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar
Stop	voiceless	p	t		ʈ		k	kʷ
	voiced	b	d		ɖ		g	gʷ
	prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᶯɖ		ᵑɡ	ᵑɡʷ
Nasal		m	n			ɲ	ŋ
Affricate				ʤ ⁿʤ
Approximant	liquid		l			ʎ
Approximant	semivowel					j	w
Trill			r

Vowels:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ
Mid	e		o
Near-open	æ	ɐ
Open	a

Grammar

Idi has elaborate verbal morphology, including complex marking of verbal number.^[5] 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.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Idi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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. Vol. 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.
^ Schokkin, Dineke (2023). "Verbal number in Idi". Studies in Language. 47 (2): 291–317. doi:10.1075/sl.21052.sch.
^ Lindsey, Kate Lynn; Schokkin, Dineke; Wu, Nairan (2022). "The Pahoturi River language family, with special reference to its verbal puzzles". Linguistic Typology. doi:10.1515/lingty-2022-2096.

External links

[e18-1] Idi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[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. Vol. 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.

[5] Schokkin, Dineke (2023). "Verbal number in Idi". Studies in Language. 47 (2): 291–317. doi:10.1075/sl.21052.sch.

[6] Lindsey, Kate Lynn; Schokkin, Dineke; Wu, Nairan (2022). "The Pahoturi River language family, with special reference to its verbal puzzles". Linguistic Typology. doi:10.1515/lingty-2022-2096.

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