Cherokee, Apple partner to put language on iPhones (fwd link)

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Phillip E Cash Cash
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 6:35 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] Cherokee, Apple partner to put language on iPhones (fwd 
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Cherokee, Apple partner to put language on iPhones

(AP) – 1 day ago
USA

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Nine-year-old Lauren Hummingbird wants a cell
phone for Christmas — and not just any old phone, but an iPhone. Such
a request normally would be met with skepticism by her father,
Cherokee Nation employee Jamie Hummingbird.

He could dismiss the obvious reasons a kid might want an iPhone,
except for this — he's a proud Cherokee and buying his daughter the
phone just might help keep the tribe's language alive.

Nearly two centuries after a blacksmith named Sequoyah converted
Cherokee into its own unique written form, the tribe has worked with
Apple to develop Cherokee language software for the iPhone, iPod and —
soon — the iPad. Computers used by students — including Lauren — at
the tribe's language immersion school already allow them to type using
Cherokee characters.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g1Yk_ny9nQbQCBS7pT0bidHTOFeg?docId=25ad6e0efaf84ba28cec8201611e6e2e


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