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METHOD
Every word taught here traces to a source: a primary manuscript, a published lexicon, or the linguistic journals that transcribe them. Where the source is silent, we say so — and we never fill the gap with invented grammar dressed up as canon.
Elvish — Tolkien's own manuscripts, plus Eldamo (the online Elvish lexicon) and Parma Eldalamberon (the journal publishing Tolkien's linguistic papers). Every lesson footnotes its vocabulary back to one of these.
Klingon — the Klingon Language Institute's canon dictionary, built from Marc Okrand's original grammar.
Dothraki — David J. Peterson's constructed grammar, built for the Game of Thrones television series and maintained as the authoritative reference.
Attested words appear directly in the primary source. Adapted words are official but extended beyond a single direct citation (e.g. a documented grammar rule applied to a new sentence). Neo vocabulary fills a real gap — a modern noun with no period equivalent — and is always labeled as such, never taught as if the original source used it.
Every course is built directly from the primary sources listed above and cross-checked against them before publishing — no vocabulary ships without a traceable citation.
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