Info on each language group below is from the Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty-third edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Abau (aau) SALT Course
Saudaun Province, PNG: Green River District, Sepik. 5 (Developing) Language. 7,500+ speakers.
East Sepik province, PNG: Angoram district. 9 villages on Middle Karawari and Wagupmeri rivers. Another dialect has 4 villages near Kuvanmas lake. 6b (Threatened) Language. 1,530 speakers.
Madang province, PNG: Madang district, hills up from Astrolabe bay, between Gum and Gogol rivers. 40 hamlets. 6b (Threatened) Language. 5,300 speakers.
East New Britain province, PNG: Mamusi-West Pomio RLLG; West New Britain province: Talasea district, inland from Bongula bay in Nakanai mountains. 5 (Developing) Language. 2,000 speakers.
Morobe province, PNG: Finschhafen district, central Huon peninsula between Kuat and Burum rivers. 5 villages and 5 hamlets, Lae and others. 5 (Developing) Language. 2,200 speakers.
Madang province, PNG: Finisterre mountains’ south slopes along Nahu and Bure rivers; north slopes along Kipuro and Kasang rivers; Morobe province: northwest Markham district. 6a (Vigorous) Language. 6,900 Speakers.
Chimbu province, PNG: northern third; Eastern Highlands province: Daulo, Lufa and Unggai-Benna Lufa districts. 3 (Wider communication). Major area language used as a trade language for all the other Chimbu languages. 115,000 Speakers.
Central province, PNG: Kaiyuku district, inland, west boundary is Waima, east are Kuni [kse] and Kunimaipa [kup] language areas; into Gulf province. 5 (Developing) Language. 19,000 Speakers.
Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language of the sub-branch of Eastern Pahari. It is the official language of Nepal. The Ethnologue reports 12,300,000 speakers within Nepal (from the 2011 census). 44.6% of the population of Nepal speaks Nepali as their first language. 32.8% speaks Nepali as their second language.
3 (Wider communication). Originated on the sugar cane plantations in Queensland, Australia between 1863 and 1906; lingua franca spoken between Kanakas (Melanesian workers) and European overseers. In 1904, at end of labor trade period, repatriated Solomon Islanders brought pidgin to the Solomon Islands. Widely spoken by majority of population. 548,400, all users. L1 users: 24,400 (1999 SIL). L2 users: 524,000 (2018).
Morobe province, PNG: Finschhafen district, Central Huon peninsula, Lae south of Cromwell Range, Burum river valley and west slopes of Kuat river; scattered in Port Moresby. 30 villages. 5 (Developing) Language. 10,000 Speakers.
Western province, PNG: lower Aramia river, Alagi, Galu, Saiwase, and Waya villages; Bamu river, Alikinapi village; lower Fly river, Kenedibi, Urio, and Wagumi-Sarau villages; Segero Creek, Segero village. 5 (Developing) Languages. 3,000 Speakers.
Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin. 4,122,000 in Papua New Guinea, all users. L1 users: 122,000 in Papua New Guinea (2004 SIL). L2 users: 4,000,000. 50,000 monolinguals. Total users in all countries: 4,125,740 (as L1: 125,740; as L2: 4,000,000).
East Sepik province, PNG: Dreikikir district, southwest of Wom, south of Kombio. 20 villages, several hamlets. 6b (Threatened) Language. 6,280 Speakers.
Central province, PNG: Bereina district, Hall Sound shores between Yule island and mainland, northwest of Port Moresby. 5 (Developing) Language. 12,000 Speakers.
The SALT Project seeks to encourage a love and wonder of the Scriptures among language communities and to equip local pastors and village leaders to
effectively use the translated Scriptures.
SALT encourages the study of the Scriptures in one’s own heart language in order that language communities may develop a clear understanding of the Scriptures and develop a Christian worldview.