Old Indigenous Languages being Saved by New App
A new texting app has been released in Canada that enables indigenous people to keep the old indigenous languages from dying out. The new texting application is called FirstVoices Chat. It has custom keyboards for every indigenous language in Canada, Australia and New Zealand plus the Navajo language in the USA. However, the app is only useful if people already know the dialects. The app appears attractive to young people, who tend to be frequent texters, so as long as there are still native speakers in the older generation who can teach the young the native tongue, this new texting app can be a great help in preserving the native languages and distinct cultures.
Now, if only the app can be broadened to more indigenous languages throughout the world.
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