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. Taeme 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


 * Vowels:

Grammar
Idi has elaborate verbal morphology, including complex marking of verbal number. 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.