Salt-Yui language
Salt, or Yui, is a Trans–New Guinea language of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea.

Basics 
The following are some basic examples of phrases and nouns in Salt-Yui:

Pronunciation

Vowels 
The following is how you pronounce certain vowels in Salt-Yui:

 /a/ is pronounced as in father

 /e/ is pronounced as in peg

 /i/ is pronounced as in tin

 /o/ is pronounced as in more

 /u/ is pronounced as in put

Consonants 
Most consonants are similar to English, except for the following:

 r between vowels is flapped i.e. like 'd'. And if placed at the end of a word it is not voiced but trilled.
 l between vowels is flapped i.e. like 'd'. but if not, it has the same friction as the English 'l'.
 ng is normally pronounced as in 'sing', but if it is in the 2nd person it should be pronounced as a sequence of 'n+g'

Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns 
Most nouns may show ownership this way:

Example:

Personal Pronouns 
Personal pronouns are shown like this:

Verbs 
The following is how to conjugate verbs with personal pronouns shown with an example:

As seen above, Salt-Yui has a special form for verbs with 'I alone'; why this is is still unknown.

Other example verbs:

All of these verbs can follow the previous conjugations for verbs.

Adjectives 
In Salt-Yui, adjectives usually follow the noun, here are some examples of adjectives in Salt-Yui:

Numerals 
There are five cardinal numerals that have been written down, which are the following:

Locatives 
The following are examples of known locatives in Salt-Yui:

References

Further reading 

 Glottolog 5.0 - Barry Irwin 1974 Salt-Yui Grammar by Barry Irwin. 1974, published by the Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University

External links 

 OLAC resources in and about the Salt-Yui language (language-archives.org)

Languages of Simbu Province
Chimbu–Wahgi languages