List of endangered languages with mobile apps

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This is a list of endangered languages with mobile apps available for use in language revitalization.

Australian languages with mobile apps

• Iwaidja language

The Ma! Iwadja app is being used to teach the language.^[1]

• Anindilyakwa language

The NT Languages - Anindilyakwa app provides flash cards in English and Anindilyakwa, and provides audio samples of both. Some words also include hand movements in small video clips.

Available in Apple ^[2] and Android ^[3]

Endangered indigenous languages with mobile apps

• Arikara language ^[4]
• Caddo language
• Cherokee language
• Chickasaw language
• Comox language — A Sliammon iPhone app was released in March 2012.^[5] An online dictionary, phrasebook, and language learning portal is available at FirstVoices.^[6]
• Dakota language
• Haida language — A Skidegate Haida language app is available for iPhone, based on a "bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com."^[7]
• Halkomelem language — A Halkomelem iPhone app was released in 2011. As of 2010, 278 fluent speakers had been reported.^[8]
• Inuvialuk language^[9]
• Konkow language
• Kutenai language — A Kutenai language app, Ktunaxa is available at the FirstVoices website.^[10][11]
• Lakota language
• Lillooet language
• Luiseño language
• Nisga’a language
• Nuu-chah-nulth language
• Ojibwe language
• Saanich dialect
• Seneca language — As of January 2013, a Seneca language app was under development.^[12]
• Tanacross language
• Tłı̨chǫ language^[9]
• Upper Kuskokwim language
• Winnebago language

References

1. DOBES documentation of endangered languages, Iwaidja Archived September 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
4. Rudy, Dan (2014-04-20). "Arikara app aims to revitalize language". Minot Daily News, via KansasCity.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
5. "FirstVoices Apps". FirstVoices. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
6. "FirstVoices: Sliammon Community Portal". Retrieved 2012-10-04.
7. "FirstVoices: Hlg̱aagilda X̱aayda Kil Welcome Page". Retrieved 2013-01-19.
8. Hul, Stephen (2012-12-15). "FirstVoices apps bring B.C. First Nations languages to iPhone". Straight.com, Vancouver's online source. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
9. "iDecolonize: A Review of Indigenous Language-Learning Apps". Rising Voices. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
10. "FirstVoices: Ktunaxa Community Portal". Retrieved 2012-07-08.
11. "British Columbia aboriginal communities using technology to bring endangered languages back from the brink - thestar.com". Retrieved 2012-07-08.
12. Diana Louise Carter (2013-01-07). "Want to speak Seneca? There's an app for that". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

External links

• FirstVoices.com
• A review of indigenous language learning apps