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Adding the Cherokee language to smartphone screens might be a step toward immersing younger tribal citizens in the language spoken by a dwindling number of their elders. North Carolina-based Eastern Band Cherokee leaders have spent several months consulting with Motorola, which has introduced a Cherokee language interface on its newest line of phones.
By itself, being able to read smartphone home screens in Cherokee won't be enough to safeguard the Indigenous language, endangered after a long history of
By itself, being able to read smartphone home screens in Cherokee won’t be enough to safeguard the Indigenous language, endangered after a long history of erasure