19-11-2016 02:16 via ktoo.org

Kotzebue brothers make first app for all 20 Alaska Native languages

When Barrow officially changes its name back to Utqiaġvik on Dec. 1, people all over are going to encounter the same typographical issue: writing out the “ġ” character.
Alaska Native languages have faced a growing technological challenge of meshing alphabets with all the new tools for communicating, like texting or Facebook.
As of Wednesday night, there’s now an app for that.
For the first time ever, you can find all the characters for the 20 recognized Alas
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