I do not know, with regard to myself, whether or not I have reached the potential, or the limits of my ability, to speak my own language. I could say that without any doubt, that if I go to my own community, and I see an elder, he qualifies far more superior than I would, with regard to that same language.
How do you determine the limits or qualifications, although I know my own language, I do not qualify myself as being the real expert in that. If I was to do a test, it would probably limit my qualifications based on the test. In other words, I cannot go beyond what is in the test itself. You are not going to get that unless you refer to a person that is older, or more qualified than I am. How is that determined? The level of qualifications must be determined by something. What I am saying, is that the most qualified people, in my community, I could give you their names, but I do not think they were ever consulted about that. How do you say that this person took the test, and he has reached his level according to the test, but he cannot go beyond because we have not reached that far yet?