1. Community, homeland and linguistic identity

ANLHE Solomon Islands linguistic identity audit (November 2026): Bugotu, also written Bughotu, is associated with the southeastern part of Santa Isabel and belongs among the Oceanic languages of the Solomon Islands. The government survey lists Bughotu separately from the central and northern Isabel languages Cheke Holo, Zabana and Kokota. Alternative Bugotu spelling does not imply a distinct ISO-coded language. Language inventory and classification reference.

Bugotu (Bughotu) is a language historically associated with southern Santa Isabel and Furona, Solomon Islands. ISO 639-3: bgt. Language labels, historical spellings and regional varieties must be interpreted in relation to the cited documents. A genealogically related language is not interchangeable with this one.

2. Historical documentation and scholarly chronology

Walter G. Ivens published A Grammar of the Language of Bugotu, Ysabel Island, Solomon Islands in February 1933 (Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 7(1), 141–177). His Dictionary of the Language of Bugotu appeared posthumously in 1940 through the Royal Asiatic Society, 98 pages. Treat these as separate editions and linguistic witnesses. The historical descriptions refer to Ysabel and Bugotu as regional identifiers and must not be read as exact modern demographic boundaries.

A historical publication date does not establish the date the language began; archival speaker counts or old orthographic policy cannot be assumed valid for 2026.

3. Writing system, alphabet and phonetics

An archival Bugotu headword is a source spelling, not automatically a phonetic transcription. The 1940 dictionary contains derivations and lexical comparisons; original words should be checked with Ivens’s grammar for pronunciation and orthographic conventions. The printed source is Latin-script documentation rather than evidence for a distinct ancient script.

Scientific transcription, phonemic analysis and community orthography may differ. The existence of romanized historical text does not establish a separate ancient script.

4. Grammar, morphemes and complete sentences

Ivens’s 1933 article documents noun and predicate constructions, particles and comparisons with Roviana. His example ri na bangara ‘chiefs’ is an expressly comparative Roviana example, not Bugotu; do not reassign it to Bugotu. Grammar exercises need actual Bugotu passages, not attractive borrowed sentences.

Clauses for classroom use must be cited from original-language evidence rather than manufactured from comparative reconstructions. Source-unverified grammatical topics are presented as research assignments.

5. Selected real lexical evidence and catalog identifiers

• vagoda: hunt for shellfish on the reef.
• vitu: seven.
• vudi: plantain or banana.
• kolo: pool or lake.
• vonu: to be full, recorded in Ivens’s 1940 Bugotu dictionary as indexed by POLLEX.

Items marked as codes or names are metadata, not teaching vocabulary. Contextual language examples must be checked in the cited edition before reuse.

6. Social and cultural interpretation

Island ecosystems, sea travel, household life, kinship language, contact between different Oceanic communities and historically recorded educational activities can inform the study of this language. Such topics must be corroborated with local sources; archival descriptions are neither universal social claims nor verified current statistics.

7. Specific bibliography and research collection

• Ivens (1933), A Grammar of the Language of Bugotu, BSOAS. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/abs/grammar-of-the-language-of-bugotu-ysabel-island-solomon-islands/746D2925C3C8805741E1CDE80452551A
• National Library of New Zealand, Ivens (1940), Bugotu dictionary. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21237989
• POLLEX source entries from Ivens (1940). https://pollex.eva.mpg.de/source/34/

Each later language lesson should add exact dictionary entries, page numbers or audio timestamps. Publisher and community reuse rights must be checked before publishing long quotations or recordings.

8. Ninety-lesson syllabus and evidence standards

Nine modules each contain ten individually titled assignments with a thematic focus, verifiable source-reading objective and assessment. These are detailed documentary research prompts, not fully authored language textbooks.

Module 1: History and language-specific documentary witnesses — Lessons 1–10

Original research topic: Ivens 1933 grammar. Cross-link to 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Distinguish a historical scholar’s observation from a later hypothesis and identify the local variety.

1. Lesson 1: Island and village geography — Ivens 1933 grammar. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
2. Lesson 2: Name and endonym — 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
3. Lesson 3: Language classification — Santa Isabel regional names. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
4. Lesson 4: Adjacent language distinctions — Furona and community setting. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
5. Lesson 5: Primary text chronology — source noun and verb syntax. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
6. Lesson 6: Researcher and speaker attribution — reef shellfish vocabulary. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
7. Lesson 7: Archive manuscript status — plantain and banana terms. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
8. Lesson 8: Published dictionary history — historic orthographic notes. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
9. Lesson 9: Source genre and period — Roviana comparison limits. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
10. Lesson 10: Bibliographic verification — dictionary source referencing. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.

Module 2: Alphabet, phonology and documented spelling — Lessons 11–20

Original research topic: 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Cross-link to Santa Isabel regional names. Distinguish a historical scholar’s observation from a later hypothesis and identify the local variety.

11. Lesson 11: Source graphemes — 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
12. Lesson 12: Consonant evidence — Santa Isabel regional names. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
13. Lesson 13: Vowel evidence — Furona and community setting. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
14. Lesson 14: Segment length where supported — source noun and verb syntax. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
15. Lesson 15: Syllable structure — reef shellfish vocabulary. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
16. Lesson 16: Stress or intonation in records — plantain and banana terms. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
17. Lesson 17: Phonetic versus orthographic notation — historic orthographic notes. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
18. Lesson 18: Dialect spelling variants — Roviana comparison limits. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
19. Lesson 19: Audio cross-checking — dictionary source referencing. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
20. Lesson 20: Phonological source portfolio — Ivens 1933 grammar. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.

Module 3: Authentic wordlists and lexical semantics — Lessons 21–30

Original research topic: Santa Isabel regional names. Cross-link to Furona and community setting. Distinguish a historical scholar’s observation from a later hypothesis and identify the local variety.

21. Lesson 21: Headword methodology — Santa Isabel regional names. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
22. Lesson 22: Body-part terms — Furona and community setting. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
23. Lesson 23: Kinship semantics — source noun and verb syntax. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
24. Lesson 24: Marine vocabulary — reef shellfish vocabulary. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
25. Lesson 25: Land ecology — plantain and banana terms. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
26. Lesson 26: Food and subsistence — historic orthographic notes. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
27. Lesson 27: Movement and direction — Roviana comparison limits. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
28. Lesson 28: Counting and numerals — dictionary source referencing. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
29. Lesson 29: Historical semantic change — Ivens 1933 grammar. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
30. Lesson 30: Verified lexical notebook — 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.

Module 4: Noun phrase structures and pronouns — Lessons 31–40

Original research topic: Furona and community setting. Cross-link to source noun and verb syntax. Distinguish a historical scholar’s observation from a later hypothesis and identify the local variety.

31. Lesson 31: Noun categories — Furona and community setting. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
32. Lesson 32: Person reference — source noun and verb syntax. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
33. Lesson 33: Singular number — reef shellfish vocabulary. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
34. Lesson 34: Dual number if attested — plantain and banana terms. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
35. Lesson 35: Plural reference — historic orthographic notes. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
36. Lesson 36: Determiners and articles — Roviana comparison limits. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
37. Lesson 37: Demonstratives — dictionary source referencing. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
38. Lesson 38: Possessive relationships — Ivens 1933 grammar. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
39. Lesson 39: Kinship possession — 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
40. Lesson 40: Authenticated noun phrase — Santa Isabel regional names. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.

Module 5: Verbal morphology and sentence patterns — Lessons 41–50

Original research topic: source noun and verb syntax. Cross-link to reef shellfish vocabulary. Distinguish a historical scholar’s observation from a later hypothesis and identify the local variety.

41. Lesson 41: Verb identification — source noun and verb syntax. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
42. Lesson 42: Transitive structures — reef shellfish vocabulary. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
43. Lesson 43: Time expressions — plantain and banana terms. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
44. Lesson 44: Aspect and mood — historic orthographic notes. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
45. Lesson 45: Negation — Roviana comparison limits. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
46. Lesson 46: Question sentences — dictionary source referencing. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
47. Lesson 47: Directives and imperatives — Ivens 1933 grammar. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
48. Lesson 48: Clause argument order — 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
49. Lesson 49: Clause coordination — Santa Isabel regional names. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
50. Lesson 50: Annotated original-language sentence — Furona and community setting. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.

Module 6: Original texts and contextual translation — Lessons 51–60

Original research topic: reef shellfish vocabulary. Cross-link to plantain and banana terms. Distinguish a historical scholar’s observation from a later hypothesis and identify the local variety.

51. Lesson 51: Identify an archival original text — reef shellfish vocabulary. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
52. Lesson 52: Speaker and editor metadata — plantain and banana terms. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
53. Lesson 53: Transcription fidelity — historic orthographic notes. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
54. Lesson 54: Word-by-word segmentation — Roviana comparison limits. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
55. Lesson 55: Morphological gloss — dictionary source referencing. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
56. Lesson 56: Literal translation — Ivens 1933 grammar. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
57. Lesson 57: Contextual translation — 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
58. Lesson 58: Narrative development — Santa Isabel regional names. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
59. Lesson 59: Cultural interpretation — Furona and community setting. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
60. Lesson 60: Critical annotated excerpt — source noun and verb syntax. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.

Module 7: Comparative language history — Lessons 61–70

Original research topic: plantain and banana terms. Cross-link to historic orthographic notes. Distinguish a historical scholar’s observation from a later hypothesis and identify the local variety.

61. Lesson 61: Oceanic comparative framework — plantain and banana terms. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
62. Lesson 62: Cognacy methods — historic orthographic notes. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
63. Lesson 63: Sound correspondence — Roviana comparison limits. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
64. Lesson 64: Borrowing diagnostics — dictionary source referencing. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
65. Lesson 65: Dialect-specific variation — Ivens 1933 grammar. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
66. Lesson 66: Historical edition comparison — 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
67. Lesson 67: Regional contact influences — Santa Isabel regional names. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
68. Lesson 68: Source dating methods — Furona and community setting. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
69. Lesson 69: Limits of reconstruction — source noun and verb syntax. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
70. Lesson 70: Scholarly comparative case — reef shellfish vocabulary. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.

Module 8: Community language and archival ethics — Lessons 71–80

Original research topic: historic orthographic notes. Cross-link to Roviana comparison limits. Distinguish a historical scholar’s observation from a later hypothesis and identify the local variety.

71. Lesson 71: Community agency — historic orthographic notes. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
72. Lesson 72: Ecological and marine knowledge — Roviana comparison limits. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
73. Lesson 73: Kinship and social context — dictionary source referencing. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
74. Lesson 74: Transmission through generations — Ivens 1933 grammar. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
75. Lesson 75: Multilingual contexts — 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
76. Lesson 76: Education and literacy — Santa Isabel regional names. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
77. Lesson 77: Audio-text permissions — Furona and community setting. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
78. Lesson 78: Speaker intellectual credit — source noun and verb syntax. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
79. Lesson 79: Community review of forms — reef shellfish vocabulary. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
80. Lesson 80: Archive stewardship — plantain and banana terms. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.

Module 9: Advanced research portfolio and synthesis — Lessons 81–90

Original research topic: Roviana comparison limits. Cross-link to dictionary source referencing. Distinguish a historical scholar’s observation from a later hypothesis and identify the local variety.

81. Lesson 81: Annotated bibliography — Roviana comparison limits. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
82. Lesson 82: Original orthography table — dictionary source referencing. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
83. Lesson 83: Documented phonetic matrix — Ivens 1933 grammar. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
84. Lesson 84: Verified headwords — 1940 Bugotu dictionary. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
85. Lesson 85: Pronoun evidence audit — Santa Isabel regional names. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
86. Lesson 86: Clause and verb research — Furona and community setting. Compile a small verification table with source, speaker or editor, page or record identifier, original form and its contextual sense. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
87. Lesson 87: One authentic source passage — source noun and verb syntax. Design a community or archival checking procedure for any feature not directly established in the cited work. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
88. Lesson 88: Historical comparison — reef shellfish vocabulary. Identify the precise primary-language witness and its date, quote only a verifiable short form, and distinguish original orthography from the English gloss. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
89. Lesson 89: Ethical publishing checklist — plantain and banana terms. Prepare a documented contrast with source-based observations and no guessed forms from a neighboring language. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.
90. Lesson 90: Full ninety-objective dossier — historic orthographic notes. Explain one morphological or cultural interpretation supported by an archival example and identify at least one evidentiary limitation. Assessment: an independently prepared cited evidence record with a clear limitation statement.

9. Integrity statement and teaching-material readiness

This profile includes ninety research lesson outlines rather than ninety completed books, videos or native-language dialogues. No historical alphabet, unattested grammatical paradigm or unsupported contemporary census is invented. Further educational expansion should be checked directly against source texts, respecting speaker authority and reproduction rights.