App helps Aboriginal youths preserve Tlicho language (fwd link)

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 May 28, 2012 *
Updated:* May 28, 2012 | 6:50 pm
 CA
 App helps Aboriginal youths preserve Tlicho language
  <http://metronews.ca/author/hophoebe/>By Phoebe
Ho<http://metronews.ca/author/hophoebe/> Metro
Victoria

     <http://metronews.ca/news/victoria/241045/app-helps-aboriginal-youths-preserve-tlicho-language/#>
Metro/Screenshot/Apple.com A screenshot showing the Tlicho language iPhone
app.

Anyone who wants to brush up on their Tlicho language can now carry an
Aboriginal elder with them in their back pocket, thanks to a new smart
phone app.

University of Victoria associate professor of linguistics Leslie Saxon
partnered up with the Tlicho Community Services Agency to launch the free
Yati Dictionary App for the Tlicho language, one of the Dene languages of
the Northwest Territories, just this month.


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http://metronews.ca/news/victoria/241045/app-helps-aboriginal-youths-preserve-tlicho-language/
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