1. Identity, territory and linguistic classification

Luangiua (Ontong Java) is historically associated with Ontong Java Atoll in the Solomon Islands, with historical reference to Luaniua and Pelau communities. Its membership in the Polynesian family can be studied through comparative evidence, yet a language’s individual grammar and forms must be documented from its own sources rather than freely borrowed from a related language.

The name of an island, community, or regional variety can differ from the language name. Identify these explicitly when comparing scholarship across generations.

2. Documentary history, language history and contributors

H. Ian Hogbin published Notes on a Grammar of the Language of Ongtong Java in the Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1930, pages 823–853. Peter Lanyon-Orgill subsequently published A Study of the Leuangiua Language in 1944, an approximately 24-page treatment of phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary and linguistic classification. Historical English spellings vary, and Ontong Java refers to the atoll while Luangiua is a language name; geographic and language labels should not be conflated.

Keep separate the dates when the language was spoken, when its examples were recorded, and when a manuscript or edited grammar was published. Community contributors and editors should not be made invisible in bibliographic accounts.

3. Alphabet, sounds and the limits of transcription

Historical transcriptions in Hogbin (1930) and Lanyon-Orgill (1944) must be treated as separate editorial systems. Derive segment counts, length contrasts and stress representations from the relevant printed examples, without imposing the orthography of Takuu or Sikaiana.

A Latin-script source may include typographical symbols, linguistic segmentation and editorial glosses; it is not evidence for an independently attested pre-contact alphabet. Reproduce source signs faithfully and document uncertainty rather than silently standardizing them.

4. Authentic grammar and historical linguistic structures

Hogbin offers an early grammar sketch, while Lanyon-Orgill discusses morphology and syntax. Appropriate work includes parsing documented particles, pronouns, nominal expressions and clause structures, with particular care to distinguish the author’s 1930-era terminology from contemporary descriptive categories.

Analyze real clauses, source-specific categories and their semantics. Where a grammar is limited to a sketch, label underdescribed areas as research questions instead of asserting complete paradigms. Do not construct purportedly historical speech that has never been attested.

5. Reading original texts and forming useful annotated examples

A trustworthy teaching example contains an original source form, original spelling with diacritics, a traceable bibliographic or archival location, a careful translation, relevant grammatical interpretation and an explicit note on variation. This edition deliberately does not supply fabricated full sentences or invented numeral and pronoun paradigms. Its activities direct students to authentic source passages, lexicons and archival collections.

Begin with the source’s explicitly documented Hogbin 1930 evidence. Before repurposing any archival passage for a recorded course, check spelling, speaker attribution, translation context and appropriate permissions.

6. Community life, oral knowledge and critical interpretation

Island environments and movement across Oceanic communities can influence ecology terms, kinship, discourse and naming. Historical records are partial and may reproduce the original observer’s assumptions. Contrast commentary by outside researchers with credited community language experts wherever possible, and avoid treating old demographic estimates as current facts.

7. Specific published sources and research record

1. Hogbin, H. Ian. 1930. Notes on a Grammar of the Language of Ongtong Java. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 5(4), 823–853. https://glottolog.org/resource/reference/id/8133
2. Lanyon-Orgill, Peter. 1944. A Study of the Leuangiua Language. Auckland Museum catalogue. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/1149917

The cited sources substantiate the documentary basis and specific descriptions in this profile. Their listing does not imply that every possible native-language sentence has been independently authenticated. An expanded lesson should cite the page, entry or recording that supports its teaching example.

8. Ninety distinct, source-based study objectives

Nine modules of ten lessons guide learners from history and script to lexicography, linguistic analysis and community-respectful research. Lessons are designed around what evidence can actually be recovered from the named language, rather than promising complete unattested curricula.

Module 1: History, people and language classification — Lessons 1–10

Focus on Ontong Java atoll, including original documentary variants and their language-specific interpretation. Every lesson must produce a verifiable reference and distinguish observation from hypothesis.

1. Lesson 1: Language and community names — Ontong Java atoll. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
2. Lesson 2: Island geography and movement — Luaniua and Pelau. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
3. Lesson 3: Genealogical classification — Hogbin 1930. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
4. Lesson 4: Distinctions from similarly named languages — Lanyon-Orgill 1944. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
5. Lesson 5: First cited documentary works — atoll versus island name. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
6. Lesson 6: Historical research chronology — early transcriptions. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
7. Lesson 7: Named scholarly contributors — Polynesian Outlier affiliation. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
8. Lesson 8: Community-speaker attribution — historic grammatical terms. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
9. Lesson 9: Historical source limitations — island narratives. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
10. Lesson 10: Scholarly bibliography construction — archive metadata. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.

Module 2: Writing, orthography and pronunciation — Lessons 11–20

Focus on Luaniua and Pelau, including original documentary variants and their language-specific interpretation. Every lesson must produce a verifiable reference and distinguish observation from hypothesis.

11. Lesson 11: Source script and spelling — Luaniua and Pelau. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
12. Lesson 12: Consonant evidence — Hogbin 1930. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
13. Lesson 13: Vowel evidence — Lanyon-Orgill 1944. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
14. Lesson 14: Glottal and length notation — atoll versus island name. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
15. Lesson 15: Syllable structure — early transcriptions. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
16. Lesson 16: Stress and prominence — Polynesian Outlier affiliation. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
17. Lesson 17: Older transcription conventions — historic grammatical terms. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
18. Lesson 18: Present-day orthographic research — island narratives. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
19. Lesson 19: Recorded pronunciation comparison — archive metadata. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
20. Lesson 20: Documented phonological summary — Ontong Java atoll. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.

Module 3: Vocabulary, semantics and expressions — Lessons 21–30

Focus on Hogbin 1930, including original documentary variants and their language-specific interpretation. Every lesson must produce a verifiable reference and distinguish observation from hypothesis.

21. Lesson 21: Lexicon sources — Hogbin 1930. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
22. Lesson 22: Family terminology — Lanyon-Orgill 1944. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
23. Lesson 23: Body terminology — atoll versus island name. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
24. Lesson 24: Nature and weather — early transcriptions. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
25. Lesson 25: Ocean and navigation — Polynesian Outlier affiliation. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
26. Lesson 26: Food and local cultivation — historic grammatical terms. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
27. Lesson 27: Actions and motion — island narratives. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
28. Lesson 28: Personal and place names — archive metadata. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
29. Lesson 29: Contact vocabulary — Ontong Java atoll. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
30. Lesson 30: Ten-entry evidence portfolio — Luaniua and Pelau. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.

Module 4: Nominal structure and pronominal evidence — Lessons 31–40

Focus on Lanyon-Orgill 1944, including original documentary variants and their language-specific interpretation. Every lesson must produce a verifiable reference and distinguish observation from hypothesis.

31. Lesson 31: Nominal categories — Lanyon-Orgill 1944. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
32. Lesson 32: Singular pronominal evidence — atoll versus island name. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
33. Lesson 33: Dual and plural evidence — early transcriptions. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
34. Lesson 34: Inclusive and exclusive distinctions — Polynesian Outlier affiliation. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
35. Lesson 35: Determiners and reference — historic grammatical terms. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
36. Lesson 36: Demonstratives — island narratives. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
37. Lesson 37: Possessive relationships — archive metadata. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
38. Lesson 38: Kinship possession — Ontong Java atoll. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
39. Lesson 39: Word modification — Luaniua and Pelau. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
40. Lesson 40: Attested phrase analysis — Hogbin 1930. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.

Module 5: Verbal structures and sentence composition — Lessons 41–50

Focus on atoll versus island name, including original documentary variants and their language-specific interpretation. Every lesson must produce a verifiable reference and distinguish observation from hypothesis.

41. Lesson 41: Predicate categories — atoll versus island name. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
42. Lesson 42: Temporal expressions — early transcriptions. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
43. Lesson 43: Aspect interpretation — Polynesian Outlier affiliation. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
44. Lesson 44: Negative clauses — historic grammatical terms. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
45. Lesson 45: Interrogative clauses — island narratives. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
46. Lesson 46: Directive expressions — archive metadata. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
47. Lesson 47: Argument roles — Ontong Java atoll. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
48. Lesson 48: Clause order — Luaniua and Pelau. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
49. Lesson 49: Derivational processes — Hogbin 1930. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
50. Lesson 50: Attested sentence annotation — Lanyon-Orgill 1944. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.

Module 6: Original texts and narrative interpretation — Lessons 51–60

Focus on early transcriptions, including original documentary variants and their language-specific interpretation. Every lesson must produce a verifiable reference and distinguish observation from hypothesis.

51. Lesson 51: Locate an original passage — early transcriptions. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
52. Lesson 52: Narrator and collector — Polynesian Outlier affiliation. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
53. Lesson 53: Document transcription — historic grammatical terms. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
54. Lesson 54: Word boundary analysis — island narratives. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
55. Lesson 55: Glossing method — archive metadata. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
56. Lesson 56: Compare translations — Ontong Java atoll. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
57. Lesson 57: Discourse particles — Luaniua and Pelau. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
58. Lesson 58: Narrative ordering — Hogbin 1930. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
59. Lesson 59: Cultural interpretation — Lanyon-Orgill 1944. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
60. Lesson 60: Referenced text commentary — atoll versus island name. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.

Module 7: Historical and comparative linguistics — Lessons 61–70

Focus on Polynesian Outlier affiliation, including original documentary variants and their language-specific interpretation. Every lesson must produce a verifiable reference and distinguish observation from hypothesis.

61. Lesson 61: Comparative Polynesian framework — Polynesian Outlier affiliation. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
62. Lesson 62: Cognate method — historic grammatical terms. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
63. Lesson 63: False cognates — island narratives. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
64. Lesson 64: Sound change investigation — archive metadata. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
65. Lesson 65: Borrowing hypotheses — Ontong Java atoll. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
66. Lesson 66: Dialectal variation — Luaniua and Pelau. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
67. Lesson 67: Inter-island contact — Hogbin 1930. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
68. Lesson 68: Dating attested records — Lanyon-Orgill 1944. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
69. Lesson 69: Limits of reconstruction — atoll versus island name. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
70. Lesson 70: Comparative research report — early transcriptions. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.

Module 8: Community knowledge and language transmission — Lessons 71–80

Focus on historic grammatical terms, including original documentary variants and their language-specific interpretation. Every lesson must produce a verifiable reference and distinguish observation from hypothesis.

71. Lesson 71: Local knowledge systems — historic grammatical terms. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
72. Lesson 72: Ecological terminology — island narratives. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
73. Lesson 73: Kinship and genealogy — archive metadata. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
74. Lesson 74: Oral knowledge ethics — Ontong Java atoll. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
75. Lesson 75: Multilingual contexts — Luaniua and Pelau. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
76. Lesson 76: Educational use — Hogbin 1930. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
77. Lesson 77: Community ownership — Lanyon-Orgill 1944. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
78. Lesson 78: Recording permissions — atoll versus island name. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
79. Lesson 79: Speaker-led verification — early transcriptions. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
80. Lesson 80: Archival preservation — Polynesian Outlier affiliation. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.

Module 9: Research synthesis and assessment — Lessons 81–90

Focus on island narratives, including original documentary variants and their language-specific interpretation. Every lesson must produce a verifiable reference and distinguish observation from hypothesis.

81. Lesson 81: Annotated scholarly bibliography — island narratives. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
82. Lesson 82: Orthographic evidence register — archive metadata. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
83. Lesson 83: Phonological field note — Ontong Java atoll. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
84. Lesson 84: Verified lexical catalogue — Luaniua and Pelau. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
85. Lesson 85: Pronoun analysis — Hogbin 1930. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
86. Lesson 86: Verbal construction analysis — Lanyon-Orgill 1944. Compare the historical and modern treatment when both are available. Avoid supplying invented native-language sentences when evidence is insufficient. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
87. Lesson 87: Interlinear passage analysis — atoll versus island name. Find the relevant original entry, passage or recording, preserve its exact orthography and give an identifiable citation. Explain what the evidence directly establishes. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
88. Lesson 88: Comparative historical note — early transcriptions. Prepare an annotated evidence table with source date, speaker or author if known, original form, editorial transcription, gloss and remaining uncertainty. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
89. Lesson 89: Ethical documentation report — Polynesian Outlier affiliation. Produce a concise research note based on the cited resource, documenting any information that still requires a dictionary, archive or community check. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.
90. Lesson 90: Final source-verified portfolio — historic grammatical terms. Assess how the topic is described in the language-specific source and distinguish its observed forms from a hypothesis based on related Polynesian languages. Deliverable: a source record, a linguistic explanation and a limitation note.

9. Editorial transparency and quality-control checklist

This page is an academically oriented language encyclopedia and documentary syllabus. There are ninety separately named research lessons, but no assertion that ninety fully authored chapters, checked native-language dialogues or audio lessons already exist. Specific native words and sample sentences must be incorporated only after exact source verification; language labels, community collaborators and historical dates must remain distinct. Community and publisher rights apply to future textbook reproduction.