NWT Language Apps
Restored from the original 2013-2015 smartphone apps
Acknowledgements
In 2012, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) of the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Yamózha Kúé Society developed Indigenous language apps for five Dene languages that would be used with all learners of all ages in Dene communities and larger centres of the NWT. In the following year, ECE partnered with both the NWT Métis Nation and the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre to expand the apps to Cree, Inuvialuktun, and Inuinnaqtun.
Over the years, updates to the iOS and Android operating systems rendered the apps obsolete, leading to the emergence of other app development projects across the NWT. However, the learners appreciated the contents of these apps that covered all the principal NWTʼs Indigenous languages. As such, their vocabulary and accompanying audio clips have been restored here.
Note that the Uummarmiutun (Inuvialuktun), Shúhta Got’ı̨nę (Sahtu Dene Kǝdǝ́), and Dëne Dédlıné (Dëne Sųłıné) dialects are represented in the apps.
Contributing Dene Language Specialists- Rosa Mantla, Tłı̨chǫ Community Services Agency
- Andy Norwegian, Dehcho Divisional Education Council
- Jessie Campbell, Sahtu Divisional Education Council
- William Firth, Gwichʼin Teaching and Learning Centre
- Eileen Beaver, Paul William Kaeser High School
- Mary Rose Sundberg, Goyatikǫ̀ Language Society
- Gladys Norwegian, Education, Culture and Employment
- Margaret Erasmus, Education, Culture and Employment
- Rosaline Cayen, Yamózha Kúé Society
- Cathy Cockney
- Deanna Marie Jacobson
- Panigavluk Lillian Elias
- Helen Kitekudlak
- Emily Kudlak
- Vance Sanderson
- Mary Cardinal
Dedication
Mahsi to our Elders and ancestors for preserving our languages and cultures through the adversities of their times. This application is dedicated to the youth of today and tomorrow. May you find strength in our identity which you will find growing more solid as you begin to learn and use our languages. Mahsi.
