Dadibi language

Dadibi
Dadibi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Simbu Province and Southern Highlands Province
Native speakers	(13,000 cited 2000 census)
Language family	Papuan Gulf ? Tua River Teberan Dadibi; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mps
Glottolog	dadi1250

Dadibi (also Daribi or Karimui) is a language of eastern Papua New Guinea. In 2001, the Bible (including the Old Testament) was translated into Dadibi.^[2]

Distribution

Dadibi is spoken in:^[1]

Chimbu Province: Karimui-Nomane District, Tua River system
Southern Highlands Province: Kagua-Erave District, southeast corner, 28 villages
Jiwaka Province: southern extremity, South Waghi Rural LLG

Phonology

Consonant phonemes of Dadibi^[3]
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	Plain	p	t		k
Plosive	Aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
Fricative			s			h
Approximant		w		j
Tap			ɾ

Vowel phonemes of Dadibi^[3]
	Front	Back
Close	i ĩ	u ũ
Mid	e̞ ẽ̞	o̞ õ̞
Open	a ã

References

1 2 Dadibi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ "Dadibi alphabet, prounciation and language". Omniglot - the encyclopedia of writing systems and languages. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
1 2 "PHOIBLE 2.0 -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2023-05-04.

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[e25-1] 1 2 Dadibi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "Dadibi alphabet, prounciation and language". Omniglot - the encyclopedia of writing systems and languages. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[:0-3] 1 2 "PHOIBLE 2.0 -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2023-05-04.

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