that more and more young people are choosing to live in town either Bogia or Madang. Though currently only around 5 of the population of PNG lives in urban centers, towns are the only place
where secondary school graduates can find jobs. Nubia had a plantation operated by the Roman Catholic Church. It was closed for reasons I could
not ascertain, but this accounts for the drastic difference between the projected and estimated population figures in that village.
1.5 Survey purpose and goals
The purpose of this survey was to determine the feasibility of the LRIG project as it concerns the four target language groups; Awar, Bosmun, Kayan, and Marangis. For this reason each language group will
be evaluated individually to assess whether they should be invited to join the LRIG project. To achieve the purpose of the survey there were three goals investigated in each language group:
1. Assess the vitality of the vernacular for the target group.
2. Assess the willingness of the target group to work with the other language groups which could
potentially participate in the LRIG project. 3.
Assess the interest of the target group in vernacular language development. Assessing the vitality of the target vernacular languages will allow PBT PNG leadership to more
accurately project whether the communities will benefit from vernacular language development. Many language groups in Madang Province are choosing to shift to the language of wider communication, Tok
Pisin [tpi]. It is important that, before any language development is started, the vitality of the vernacular in question is assessed. Given the nature of the LRIG project which is based on limited expatriate
involvement and small goals, the vitality of each vernacular language is not as important as if these groups were being assessed with a traditional project in mind.
The final two goals are more important to determining the feasibility of the LRIG project. The ability of the target groups to cooperate with each other and the Mbore is essential for the LRIG project
to be successful as it is currently devised. If the groups cannot work together, or with the Mbore, the LRIG project will not be able to move forward.
Also essential to the success of the LRIG project is the willingness of each target community to be involved. Given the limited role of PBT PNG, the initiative will have to be taken by each language
community. If a community has no interest in vernacular language development it cannot be involved with the LRIG project.
2 Methodology
Methodology will be discussed in terms of the three primary goals listed in the previous section. For each goal, research questions and corresponding indicators were identified. Mention will be made of the
instruments used to evaluate the indicators, followed by further discussion of survey instruments in section 2.4.
2.1 Goal 1: Assess the vitality of the vernacular for the target group
