diff --git a/classes/publication/Repository.php b/classes/publication/Repository.php
index 6311a45ba6d..300bf4617de 100644
--- a/classes/publication/Repository.php
+++ b/classes/publication/Repository.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function validate($publication, array $props, Submission $submission, Con
                 }
 
                 // Check the word count on abstracts
-                $allowedLocales = array_values(array_unique(array_merge($context->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocales(), $publication?->getLanguages() ?? [$primaryLocale])));
+                $allowedLocales = $submission->getPublicationLanguages($context->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocales());
                 foreach ($allowedLocales as $localeKey) {
                     if (empty($props['abstract'][$localeKey])) {
                         continue;
diff --git a/classes/publication/maps/Schema.php b/classes/publication/maps/Schema.php
index 4250afa5400..d8d813f48ce 100644
--- a/classes/publication/maps/Schema.php
+++ b/classes/publication/maps/Schema.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ protected function mapByProperties(array $props, Publication $publication, bool
             );
         }
 
-        $locales = $publication->getLanguages($this->context->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocales());
+        $locales = $this->submission->getPublicationLanguages($this->context->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocales());
 
         $output = $this->schemaService->addMissingMultilingualValues(PKPSchemaService::SCHEMA_PUBLICATION, $output, $locales);
 
diff --git a/classes/submission/Repository.php b/classes/submission/Repository.php
index 8a49c7c53bc..10d6ee5ac46 100644
--- a/classes/submission/Repository.php
+++ b/classes/submission/Repository.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public function validateSubmit(Submission $submission, Context $context): array
             $abstracts = $publication->getData('abstract');
             if ($abstracts) {
                 $abstractErrors = [];
-                $allowedLocales = $publication->getLanguages($context->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocales());
+                $allowedLocales = $submission->getPublicationLanguages($context->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocales());
                 foreach ($allowedLocales as $localeKey) {
                     $abstract = $publication->getData('abstract', $localeKey);
                     $wordCount = $abstract ? PKPString::getWordCount($abstract) : 0;
diff --git a/controllers/grid/articleGalleys/form/ArticleGalleyForm.php b/controllers/grid/articleGalleys/form/ArticleGalleyForm.php
index f5db5662846..8896f7d741e 100644
--- a/controllers/grid/articleGalleys/form/ArticleGalleyForm.php
+++ b/controllers/grid/articleGalleys/form/ArticleGalleyForm.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function __construct($request, $submission, $publication, $articleGalley
         $this->addCheck(new \PKP\form\validation\FormValidatorCSRF($this));
 
         // Ensure a locale is provided and valid
-        $locales = $request->getJournal()->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocaleNames() + $publication->getLanguageNames() + ($articleGalley?->getLanguageNames() ?? []);
+        $locales = $request->getJournal()->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocaleNames() + $submission->getPublicationLanguageNames() + ($articleGalley?->getLanguageNames() ?? []);
         $this->addCheck(
             new \PKP\form\validation\FormValidator(
                 $this,
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public function fetch($request, $template = null, $display = false)
             ]);
         }
 
-        $supportedLocales = $request->getContext()->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocaleNames() + $this->_publication->getLanguageNames() + ($this->_articleGalley?->getLanguageNames() ?? []);
+        $supportedLocales = $request->getContext()->getSupportedSubmissionMetadataLocaleNames() + $this->_submission->getPublicationLanguageNames() + ($this->_articleGalley?->getLanguageNames() ?? []);
         ksort($supportedLocales);
 
         $templateMgr->assign([