31-08-2016 21:08 via alaskapublic.org

Want to learn Tlingit? There’s a new app for that.

There are only a few hundred Tlingit speakers in the world, according to linguists and researchers.
Sealaska Heritage’s Katrina Hotch, left, and Kathy Dye both worked on the recently-released Tlingit language app. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis, KTOO – Juneau)In a world where English is considered the dominant language, Tlingit is endangered, linguistically speaking.
The Sealaska Heritage Institute hopes to combat that.
The organization announced the release of two free apps Monday,
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