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 Useful for NLP, translation, and cultural preservation projects. 
 
 
-   ## Funding & Collaboration
+   # Collaboration, Licensing & Custom Services
 
-This dataset is released under **CC-BY-4.0** to support open research in Igbo NLP, MT, and cultural preservation. 
+This dataset is released under **CC-BY-4.0** to support open research in Igbo NLP, MT, and cultural preservation. This 50-row proof-of-concept is, and will remain fully open-source for researchers. 
 
-**How you can support or work with this project:**
-1.  **Research Grants**: This is a community-led effort. If you represent Masakhane, Lacuna Fund, Mozilla AI, or a university lab, we’re actively seeking funding to scale from 50 → 2,000+ tone-marked proverbs with audio + dialect coverage.
-2.  **Commercial Licensing / Consulting**: Need verified tones, exclusive dialect data, or custom annotations for a product? I offer consulting + custom dataset versions under a separate commercial license.
-3.  **Contribute Data**: Native Igbo speakers can contribute via `+ Contribute` on this Hub. All contributors will be credited in v2.0+.
+As a trained linguist, I am currently expanding this work.
 
+**I am available for:**
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+- Custom Data Annotation & Linguistic Validation (Tone-marking, diacritics)
+- Commercial Licensing for expanded, production-ready dataset
+- Academic/Institutional Partnerships and grant-funded collaboration
+- 
 **Contact**: Ifeanyi Okeh | stephenifeanyi58@gmail.com | [HF Profile](https://huggingface.co/Anyibaba)
 
-***Cite this dataset:**
+**Cite this dataset:**
 ```bibtex
 @dataset{anyibaba_igbo_proverbs_v1_1,
   title={Igbo Proverbs Dataset - Tone-Marked, Dialect-Labeled},