Idi language
Idi | |
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Region | New Guinea |
Native speakers | 1,600 (2000 census)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
idi |
Glottolog |
idii1243 |
Idi is a Papuan 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]
External links
- Map showing the location of Idi (#647).
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Idi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Idi language". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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