1. Language identity, geography and linguistic family

Ughele is associated with Ughele and Egholo villages, northern Rendova Island, Solomon Islands and belongs to Austronesian > Oceanic > Northwest Solomonic > New Georgia. ISO 639-3 code: uge. Local names, research spelling and distinct neighbor languages should be preserved in citations and never confused with an unrelated similarly named vernacular.

2. Historical documentation and scholarly authority

Benedicte Haraldstad Frostad published A Grammar of Ughele: An Oceanic language of Solomon Islands with LOT in 2013, a 425-page dissertation built around original community speech. It has 25 chapters treating phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse and pragmatics; the appendix includes wordlists and interlinear texts. The reference specifically identifies communities in Ughele and Egholo, with Roviana and Touo spoken by neighboring or partly co-resident populations. It should be treated as the first systematic Ughele description rather than as a copy of the nearby Roviana language.

Fieldwork observation, translated literature, survey lists and published reference grammars provide different degrees of evidence. Dates of documentary publication are not language-origin dates or verified present-day speaker counts.

3. Orthographic systems and genuine pronunciation evidence

Frostad’s reference includes original phonological analysis and spelling, which are necessary for accurate transcription. Its materials include actual community texts; identifying narrator, local variety and source page is essential before quoting them.

Scientific transcriptions in Roman script do not demonstrate a historic independent script. The IPA, morpheme boundaries and original spellings must remain intact where a form is quoted.

4. Noun, verb and clause grammar

The grammar documents several article categories, including personal, focal and common articles, and distinguishes negative forms appropriate to different predicate types or mood. These complex categories should be read in original syntactic context rather than collapsed into a single English ‘the’ or ‘not’. Original interlinear passages allow substantive verb and discourse study.

Any future native-language sentence must be individually traceable to the language’s own corpus and source location. Language-family resemblance is not proof of exact grammar in an underdocumented vernacular.

5. Original-language evidence and source verification

The sources listed below have authentic entries and/or texts; this edition does not invent native-language quotations. Future wordbook entries should record original spelling, meaning, local variety, speaker or compiler, and an exact page or recording reference.

6. Language ecology, society and ethical documentation

Island geography, maritime knowledge, cultivation, kinship, education, oral history and multilingual interaction are useful topics only where the language’s own documents attest them. Attribution to community language contributors, respect for recording consent and appropriate archiving are essential; older ethnographic reports are not timeless generalizations about living communities.

7. Named scholarly source references

1. Frostad 2013, LOT Publications, A Grammar of Ughele. https://www.lotpublications.nl/a-grammar-of-ughele-a-grammar-of-ughele-an-oceanic-language-of-solomon-islands
2. Author’s dissertation and research context. https://benedictefrostad.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/ph-d-disseration-a-grammar-of-ughele-an-oceanic-language-of-solomon-islands-is-available-online/

These works establish the historical and linguistic basis for the overview. Individual native-language examples require more precise source citations than an overall bibliography alone.

8. Ten especially important language-specific research themes

1. Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
2. Frostad 2013 grammar. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
3. LOT publication 316. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
4. 25 descriptive chapters. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
5. original wordlist appendices. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
6. narrative interlinear glosses. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
7. articles and noun phrases. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
8. predicate-sensitive negation. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
9. Roviana and Touo contact. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
10. community recording provenance. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.

9. Ninety source-based research lessons

Nine modules of ten lessons each. Each lesson identifies a distinct objective, a language-specific research anchor and an original-source assignment. Where available data are sparse, the activity is a documented research problem rather than a false statement of completed grammar knowledge.

Module 1: Language identity, historical record and critical bibliography — Lessons 1 to 10

Special investigation: Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Secondary context: Frostad 2013 grammar. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

1. Lesson 1: Community and endonym — Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
2. Lesson 2: Geographic distribution — Frostad 2013 grammar. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
3. Lesson 3: Genealogical subgrouping — LOT publication 316. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
4. Lesson 4: Distinguish named neighboring languages — 25 descriptive chapters. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
5. Lesson 5: First documented scholarly witness — original wordlist appendices. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
6. Lesson 6: Research and manuscript chronology — narrative interlinear glosses. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
7. Lesson 7: Community researcher attribution — articles and noun phrases. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
8. Lesson 8: Genre and sampling bias — predicate-sensitive negation. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
9. Lesson 9: Historical and present-day claims — Roviana and Touo contact. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
10. Lesson 10: Annotated reference register — community recording provenance. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.

Module 2: Alphabet, orthography and phonological evidence — Lessons 11 to 20

Special investigation: Frostad 2013 grammar. Secondary context: LOT publication 316. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

11. Lesson 11: Source grapheme systems — Frostad 2013 grammar. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
12. Lesson 12: Consonant descriptions — LOT publication 316. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
13. Lesson 13: Vowel qualities — 25 descriptive chapters. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
14. Lesson 14: Phonetic and phonemic notation — original wordlist appendices. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
15. Lesson 15: Syllable patterns — narrative interlinear glosses. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
16. Lesson 16: Length, stress or prominence evidence — articles and noun phrases. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
17. Lesson 17: Morphophonological alternation — predicate-sensitive negation. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
18. Lesson 18: Orthography across sources — Roviana and Touo contact. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
19. Lesson 19: Audio-based evidence — community recording provenance. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
20. Lesson 20: Phonological synthesis — Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.

Module 3: Words, semantics and original lexicography — Lessons 21 to 30

Special investigation: LOT publication 316. Secondary context: 25 descriptive chapters. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

21. Lesson 21: Headword and source attribution — LOT publication 316. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
22. Lesson 22: Person and family terms — 25 descriptive chapters. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
23. Lesson 23: Body-related vocabulary — original wordlist appendices. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
24. Lesson 24: Land and forest terms — narrative interlinear glosses. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
25. Lesson 25: Marine and reef vocabulary — articles and noun phrases. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
26. Lesson 26: Food and agricultural expressions — predicate-sensitive negation. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
27. Lesson 27: Motion and direction — Roviana and Touo contact. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
28. Lesson 28: Numerals and counting — community recording provenance. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
29. Lesson 29: Borrowings and semantic change — Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
30. Lesson 30: Ten-word reference lexicon — Frostad 2013 grammar. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.

Module 4: Nominal structure, referential systems and pronouns — Lessons 31 to 40

Special investigation: 25 descriptive chapters. Secondary context: original wordlist appendices. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

31. Lesson 31: Noun phrase boundaries — 25 descriptive chapters. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
32. Lesson 32: Independent person reference — original wordlist appendices. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
33. Lesson 33: Number distinctions — narrative interlinear glosses. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
34. Lesson 34: Inclusive and exclusive if attested — articles and noun phrases. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
35. Lesson 35: Articles — predicate-sensitive negation. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
36. Lesson 36: Demonstratives and deixis — Roviana and Touo contact. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
37. Lesson 37: Possessive types — community recording provenance. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
38. Lesson 38: Kinship possession — Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
39. Lesson 39: Nominal modifiers — Frostad 2013 grammar. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
40. Lesson 40: Original phrase annotation — LOT publication 316. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.

Module 5: Morphology, verbal predicates and clause syntax — Lessons 41 to 50

Special investigation: original wordlist appendices. Secondary context: narrative interlinear glosses. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

41. Lesson 41: Identify predicate types — original wordlist appendices. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
42. Lesson 42: Transitive patterns — narrative interlinear glosses. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
43. Lesson 43: Argument alignment — articles and noun phrases. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
44. Lesson 44: Tense reference — predicate-sensitive negation. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
45. Lesson 45: Aspect and modality — Roviana and Touo contact. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
46. Lesson 46: Negation — community recording provenance. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
47. Lesson 47: Question constructions — Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
48. Lesson 48: Imperative and directive forms — Frostad 2013 grammar. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
49. Lesson 49: Complex and serial clauses — LOT publication 316. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
50. Lesson 50: Full attested sentence analysis — 25 descriptive chapters. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.

Module 6: Original recorded texts and source-aware translation — Lessons 51 to 60

Special investigation: narrative interlinear glosses. Secondary context: articles and noun phrases. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

51. Lesson 51: Choose original language passage — narrative interlinear glosses. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
52. Lesson 52: Identify speaker and collection date — articles and noun phrases. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
53. Lesson 53: Preserve exact source text — predicate-sensitive negation. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
54. Lesson 54: Segment words — Roviana and Touo contact. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
55. Lesson 55: Annotate grammatical morphology — community recording provenance. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
56. Lesson 56: Literal translation — Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
57. Lesson 57: Contextual translation — Frostad 2013 grammar. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
58. Lesson 58: Discourse particles — LOT publication 316. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
59. Lesson 59: Cultural and genre context — 25 descriptive chapters. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
60. Lesson 60: Annotated translated excerpt — original wordlist appendices. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.

Module 7: Comparative methods and regional language contact — Lessons 61 to 70

Special investigation: articles and noun phrases. Secondary context: predicate-sensitive negation. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

61. Lesson 61: Historical subgrouping — articles and noun phrases. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
62. Lesson 62: Cognates versus resemblance — predicate-sensitive negation. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
63. Lesson 63: Historical sound correspondences — Roviana and Touo contact. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
64. Lesson 64: Borrowing and multilingualism — community recording provenance. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
65. Lesson 65: Dialect and speaker variety — Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
66. Lesson 66: Historical text comparisons — Frostad 2013 grammar. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
67. Lesson 67: Methodological limitations — LOT publication 316. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
68. Lesson 68: Alternative linguistic analyses — 25 descriptive chapters. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
69. Lesson 69: Reconstruction boundaries — original wordlist appendices. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
70. Lesson 70: Comparative micro-study — narrative interlinear glosses. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.

Module 8: Community agency, literacy and language stewardship — Lessons 71 to 80

Special investigation: predicate-sensitive negation. Secondary context: Roviana and Touo contact. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

71. Lesson 71: Speaker credit and autonomy — predicate-sensitive negation. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
72. Lesson 72: Island history and ecology — Roviana and Touo contact. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
73. Lesson 73: Traditional environmental vocabulary — community recording provenance. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
74. Lesson 74: Oral narrative ethics — Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
75. Lesson 75: Multilingual contexts — Frostad 2013 grammar. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
76. Lesson 76: Education and literacy — LOT publication 316. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
77. Lesson 77: Recording consent — 25 descriptive chapters. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
78. Lesson 78: Archive and publisher rights — original wordlist appendices. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
79. Lesson 79: Community review and corrections — narrative interlinear glosses. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
80. Lesson 80: Preservation planning — articles and noun phrases. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.

Module 9: Advanced scholarly evidence portfolio — Lessons 81 to 90

Special investigation: Roviana and Touo contact. Secondary context: community recording provenance. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

81. Lesson 81: Scholarly bibliography — Roviana and Touo contact. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
82. Lesson 82: Alphabet evidence table — community recording provenance. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
83. Lesson 83: Pronunciation research note — Ughele and Egholo speech communities. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
84. Lesson 84: Ten verified lexical forms — Frostad 2013 grammar. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
85. Lesson 85: Nominal evidence report — LOT publication 316. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
86. Lesson 86: Verb and clause analysis — 25 descriptive chapters. Prepare a short evidence table distinguishing attested material, the analyst’s interpretation and an explicitly unresolved hypothesis. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
87. Lesson 87: Original excerpt with annotation — original wordlist appendices. Examine whether the named source supports this construction; where it does not, specify the necessary archival or community-verification work. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
88. Lesson 88: Historical comparison report — narrative interlinear glosses. Compare language-specific evidence to a related variety without inventing a plausible sentence or borrowing its lexicon as if identical. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
89. Lesson 89: Ethics and permissions memorandum — articles and noun phrases. Use documented historical and community context, including date, collector, speaker and genre, to explain the limits of generalization. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.
90. Lesson 90: Capstone research portfolio — predicate-sensitive negation. Find a language-specific primary source example; cite its exact page, headword or recording, and preserve all source diacritics before explaining it. Assessment: annotated reference, concise linguistic analysis and explicit evidence limitations.

10. Academic disclosure and future lesson expansion

This page publishes original encyclopedia commentary plus ninety separately specified research lessons. Ninety complete chapters, recorded courses or verified conversational dialogues have not yet been produced. Unverified words, hypothetical ancient alphabets, unsupported modern speaker figures and fabricated grammatical examples are excluded. Future complete lesson content should be checked directly against the scholarly text and, if practicable, community experts.