PNG 🇵🇬 Info

Papua New Guinea is home to 8.6 million people who between them speak 853 languages -  more languages and more ethnic groups than any other country in the world.

13% of all world languages are in PNG

Most people live off the land in small groups in mountain valleys or islands.  Half of these language groups are smaller than 2,000 people. Those languages can be as different from each other as English is from Chinese.

The Bible Society of PNG and Wycliffe partners in 2024 cite approximately 300 Bible-less languages, which adds up to 35% of PNG’s total number of languages.

The YWAM Goal for Oral Bible Translation in the PNG province of Madang is:

33 languages furnished with the Gospel of Luke and the JESUS film by the end of 2026