1. Language identity, geography and linguistic family

ANLHE Solomon Islands comparative taxonomy audit (November 2026): Talise is used as a cover designation for related Guadalcanal varieties including Poleo, Koo, Malagheti, Tolo and Moli in Tryon’s comparative classification. A Talise profile can describe their documentary relationship, but those labels should not automatically be treated as five independent language codes or as one undifferentiated spoken standard. Reference classification and documentation.

Talise (Moli, Koo and related varieties) is associated with weather coast and southeastern Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands and belongs to Austronesian > Oceanic > Southeast Solomonic > Guadalcanal. ISO 639-3 code: tlr. 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

Tryon and Hackman’s 1983 Solomon Islands classification used the collective label Talise to describe closely related Guadalcanal weather-coast dialects Poleo, Koo, Malagheti, Toio and Moli. The ABVD preserves separate comparative wordlists for Moli, Koo, Poleo and the general Talise grouping, indicating the need to retain local variety labels instead of treating every source form as uniform. Grambank separately records the Talise language entry and its bibliography.

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

The collection is principally comparative lexical material, including phonologically transcribed headwords. An original-source vowel or consonant chart must be reconstructed only from an actual source description; related Longgu or Lengo inventories cannot simply be assigned to Talise.

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

Lexicostatistical classification and mutual intelligibility claims in the 1983 source are historical research conclusions, not comprehensive grammar or present-day usage surveys. Nouns, pronouns, possession, verbs and clause patterns remain research topics requiring Talise-specific corpus and speaker evidence.

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. ABVD Talise (Moli), comparative dataset. https://abvd.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=545
2. Grambank Talise entry. https://grambank.clld.org/languages/tali1259
3. Tryon and Hackman, Language and dialect in the Solomon Islands. https://cdstar.eva.mpg.de/bitstreams/EAEA0-E597-FB7F-873A-0/Tryon1983.pdf

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. Talise cover term. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
2. Poleo variety. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
3. Koo variety. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
4. Malagheti variety. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
5. Toio variety. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
6. Moli variety. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
7. Tryon and Hackman 1983. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
8. lexicostatistical classification. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
9. ABVD variant wordlists. Identify a primary documentary witness and assess its language-specific scope and uncertainty.
10. current community variety review. 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: Talise cover term. Secondary context: Poleo variety. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

1. Lesson 1: Community and endonym — Talise cover term. 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 — Poleo variety. 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 — Koo variety. 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 — Malagheti variety. 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 — Toio variety. 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 — Moli variety. 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 — Tryon and Hackman 1983. 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 — lexicostatistical classification. 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 — ABVD variant wordlists. 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 — current community variety review. 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: Poleo variety. Secondary context: Koo variety. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

11. Lesson 11: Source grapheme systems — Poleo variety. 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 — Koo variety. 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 — Malagheti variety. 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 — Toio variety. 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 — Moli variety. 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 — Tryon and Hackman 1983. 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 — lexicostatistical classification. 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 — ABVD variant wordlists. 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 — current community variety review. 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 — Talise cover term. 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: Koo variety. Secondary context: Malagheti variety. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

21. Lesson 21: Headword and source attribution — Koo variety. 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 — Malagheti variety. 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 — Toio variety. 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 — Moli variety. 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 — Tryon and Hackman 1983. 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 — lexicostatistical classification. 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 — ABVD variant wordlists. 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 — current community variety review. 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 — Talise cover term. 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 — Poleo variety. 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: Malagheti variety. Secondary context: Toio variety. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

31. Lesson 31: Noun phrase boundaries — Malagheti variety. 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 — Toio variety. 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 — Moli variety. 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 — Tryon and Hackman 1983. 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 — lexicostatistical classification. 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 — ABVD variant wordlists. 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 — current community variety review. 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 — Talise cover term. 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 — Poleo variety. 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 — Koo variety. 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: Toio variety. Secondary context: Moli variety. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

41. Lesson 41: Identify predicate types — Toio variety. 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 — Moli variety. 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 — Tryon and Hackman 1983. 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 — lexicostatistical classification. 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 — ABVD variant wordlists. 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 — current community variety review. 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 — Talise cover term. 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 — Poleo variety. 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 — Koo variety. 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 — Malagheti variety. 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: Moli variety. Secondary context: Tryon and Hackman 1983. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

51. Lesson 51: Choose original language passage — Moli variety. 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 — Tryon and Hackman 1983. 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 — lexicostatistical classification. 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 — ABVD variant wordlists. 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 — current community variety review. 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 — Talise cover term. 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 — Poleo variety. 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 — Koo variety. 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 — Malagheti variety. 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 — Toio variety. 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: Tryon and Hackman 1983. Secondary context: lexicostatistical classification. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

61. Lesson 61: Historical subgrouping — Tryon and Hackman 1983. 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 — lexicostatistical classification. 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 — ABVD variant wordlists. 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 — current community variety review. 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 — Talise cover term. 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 — Poleo variety. 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 — Koo variety. 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 — Malagheti variety. 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 — Toio variety. 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 — Moli variety. 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: lexicostatistical classification. Secondary context: ABVD variant wordlists. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

71. Lesson 71: Speaker credit and autonomy — lexicostatistical classification. 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 — ABVD variant wordlists. 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 — current community variety review. 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 — Talise cover term. 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 — Poleo variety. 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 — Koo variety. 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 — Malagheti variety. 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 — Toio variety. 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 — Moli variety. 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 — Tryon and Hackman 1983. 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: ABVD variant wordlists. Secondary context: current community variety review. Deliverables require a real source quotation or an explicit source gap statement.

81. Lesson 81: Scholarly bibliography — ABVD variant wordlists. 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 — current community variety review. 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 — Talise cover term. 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 — Poleo variety. 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 — Koo variety. 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 — Malagheti variety. 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 — Toio variety. 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 — Moli variety. 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 — Tryon and Hackman 1983. 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 — lexicostatistical classification. 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.