22.168, Media: Apple's Initiative to Preserve Cherokee Language

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LINGUIST List: Vol-22-168. Mon Jan 10 2011. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 22.168, Media: Apple's Initiative to Preserve  Cherokee Language

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Date: 03-Jan-2011
From: Paul Chapin [pgchapin at gmail.com]
Subject: Cherokee-Apple Initiative to Preserve Language
 

	
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:00:45
From: Paul Chapin [pgchapin at gmail.com]
Subject: Cherokee-Apple Initiative to Preserve Language

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Apple Computer and the Cherokee Nation have been working together to
develop software to support written Cherokee on iPhones, iPods, and iPads.
The aim of this initiative is to make it more attractive to Cherokee
children to use the language. 

Please read the full story at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101223/ap_on_hi_te/us_iphone_cherokee_language 


Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Computational Linguistics
                     Language Documentation




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