List of endangered languages with mobile apps

This is a list of endangered languages with mobile apps available for use in language revitalization.

Endangered Australian languages with mobile apps

See also: Australian Aboriginal languages

• The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages (LAAL) is a digital archive of literature in endangered languages of Australia, containing works in over forty Australian Aboriginal languages from the Northern Territory, Australia. The LAAL Reader app is available on Apple App Store and Google Play.

Individual languages

• Anindilyakwa language (Northern Territory) The NT Languages Anindilyakwa app provides flash cards in English and Anindilyakwa, and provides audio samples of both. Some words also include hand movements in small video clips. Available in Apple ^[1] and Android ^[2]
• Barngarla language (South Australia) – A mobile app featuring a dictionary of over 3000 Barngarla words. ^[3]
• Erub Mer (Torres Strait Island language, Queensland) ^[4]
• Gamilaraay language (New South Wales) – The Gadjigadji mobile app available for iOS and Android.
• Iwaidja language (Northern Territory) – The Ma! Iwadja app is being used to teach the language. ^[5]
• Miriwoong language (Western Australia) – a mobile app dictionary of 1400 words and phrases
• Wiradjuri language (New South Wales) – a mobile app available for iOS, Android and a web based version.
• Yawuru language (Western Australia) ^[6]

Endangered Oceanian languages with mobile apps

• Hawaiian language – In 2018, Duolingo added a Hawaiian language course. ^[7] Resources are also available on Memrise. ^[8]

Endangered Native American languages with mobile apps

See also: Indigenous languages of the Americas

• Aleut language — A course on Memrise is available. ^[9]
• Arikara language ^[10]
• Blackfoot language - The Siksika Nation has created an app for IOS devices that can be downloaded here.
• Caddo language ^[11]
• Cherokee language – Resources available on Mango Languages ^[12] and Memrise. ^[13]
• Chickasaw language
• Choctaw language — A course on Memrise is available. ^[14]
• Comanche language — A course on Memrise is available. ^[15]
• Comox language — A Sliammon iPhone app was released in March 2012. ^[16] An online dictionary, phrasebook, and language learning portal is available at FirstVoices. ^[17]
• Cowlitz language - The Language Conservancy has made dictionary, vocab builder, media player, and keyboard apps. ^[18]
• Cree language app - produced by the Maskwacis Cree of Samsun Cree Nation
• Dakota language ^[19]
• Haida language — A Skidegate Haida language app is available for iPhone, based on a "bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com." ^[20]
• Halkomelem language — A Halkomelem iPhone app was released in 2011. ^[21]
• Inuvialuk language ^[22]
• Konkow language
• Kutenai language — A Kutenai language app, Ktunaxa is available at the FirstVoices website. ^{[23] [24]}
• Lakota language ^[25]
• Lillooet language
• Luiseño language
• Mandan language ^[26]
• Navajo language — A Duolingo course is available. ^[27] Resources are also available on Memrise. ^[8]
• Nisga’a language
• Nisqually language - The Language Conservancy has made a keyboard app
• Nuu-chah-nulth language
• Nheengatu ^[28]
• Ojibwe language
• Potawatomi language — A course on Memrise is available. ^[29]
• Quinault language - The Language Conservancy has made a vocab builder app
• Saanich dialect
• Seneca language — As of January 2013, a Seneca language app was under development. ^[30] A course on Memrise is available. ^[31]
• Stoney Nakoda language - this app was produced by the Stoney Nakoda Nation.
• Tahltan language - The Language Conservancy has made a dictionary app
• Tanacross language
• Tlingit language ^{[32] [33]}
• Tłı̨chǫ language ^[22]
• Upper Kuskokwim language
• Winnebago language

Endangered European languages with mobile apps

• Cornish language — There is a dedicated app. ^[34] Resources are also available on Memrise. ^[8]
• Irish language — Several courses are available on Drops, Duolingo and Memrise. ^{[35] [36] [37]}
• Low German — PlattinO App to learn the east frisisan variety. The app was released by the Ostfrisische Landschaft. ^{[38] [39]} ALWiNE released by the University of Greifswald for the Mecklenburgish-West Pomeranian variety. ^[40]
• Manx language ^[41]
• Söl'ring dialect — Mobile friendly web app at friisk.org was released in 2018 for translations, conjugations, and pronunciations.
• Ume Sámi – a course created by the speech community on Memrise. ^[42]
• Welsh language — Several courses are available on Memrise. ^[35]
• Yiddish language – Resources are available on Memrise. ^[8]

References

1. Apple App Store
2. Google Play
3. Harrison, Billie (2016-10-12). "Barngarla app to share language | GALLERY". Port Lincoln Times. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
4. Coggan, Maggie (25 March 2019). "The digital platform saving Indigenous languages from extinction". ProBono Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
5. DOBES documentation of endangered languages, Iwaidja Archived September 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
6. "Yawuru & Jila | ThoughtWorks". www.thoughtworks.com. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
7. "Language learning app Duolingo adds Hawaiian lessons". NBC News. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
8. Croissant, Morgane (4 March 2022). "5 Languages on the Brink of Extinction That You Can Learn Online". Matador Network. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
9. Llanes-Ortiz, Genner (2023). "Memrise for Ume Sámi and Kristang". Digital initiatives for indigenous languages. pp. 101–102. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
10. Rudy, Dan (2014-04-20). "Arikara app aims to revitalize language". Minot Daily News, via KansasCity.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
11. "Caddo Language App Now Available on Android Market". alterNative Media. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
12. Rodriguez, Jillian. "Introducing...Mango's New Cherokee Language Course". blog.mangolanguages.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
13. Sellers, Caroline (8 June 2023). "Cherokee language lessons now available on two apps". Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Kfor.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024. The Cherokee Nation says it partnered with an app is called "Memrise" to add 20 language lessons that can be downloaded to both iOS and Android devices.
14. "Choctaw Language - Choctaw Tribal Schools". Choctaw, Neshoba County, Mississippi. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
15. Comanche Nation Language Department (13 February 2019). "New Language Department Has Launched" (Press release). Lawton, Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024. The Comanche language course has launched on the Memrise website and app and continues to be updated with new levels.
16. "FirstVoices Apps". FirstVoices. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
17. "FirstVoices: Sliammon Community Portal" . Retrieved 2012-10-04.
18. "Cowlitz Salish Language Learning". Cowlitz Salish Language Learning. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
19. "TLC delivers new apps for Nakoda & Dakota languages". The Language Conservancy. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
20. "FirstVoices: Hlg̱aagilda X̱aayda Kil Welcome Page" . Retrieved 2013-01-19.
21. Hul, Stephen (2012-12-15). "FirstVoices apps bring B.C. First Nations languages to iPhone". Straight.com, Vancouver's online source. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
22. "iDecolonize: A Review of Indigenous Language-Learning Apps". Rising Voices. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
23. "FirstVoices: Ktunaxa Community Portal" . Retrieved 2012-07-08.
24. "British Columbia aboriginal communities using technology to bring endangered languages back from the brink - thestar.com". Toronto Star . 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
25. "Mobile Apps". Lakota Language Consortium. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
26. "Mandan Vocab Builder". MHA Language Project - Mandan. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
27. "Learn a language for free". Duolingo. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
28. "'Nheengatu app': universitária cria aplicativo para o ensino de língua indígena ameaçada de extinção" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
29. Neely (16 December 2023). "Language update: February 2023" (Press release). Shawnee, Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024. We also have two courses at memrise.com. One called "A Day in the Life" and the other "Conversational Potawatomi." They can be found after signing up on Memrise then searching for Potawatomi.
30. Diana Louise Carter (2013-01-07). "Want to speak Seneca? There's an app for that". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
31. "Faithkeepers School - SNI". Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024. The Faithkeeper's School uses Memrise, a web and mobile app to publish language learning tools and courses broken out by topic.
32. AppAdvice Staff. "Yakutat Tlingit by Thornton Media, Inc". AppAdvice. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
33. Chavis, Chavis (31 August 2016). "Want to learn Tlingit? There's a new app for that". KTOO FM. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
34. "Apps". Go Cornish. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
35. Katinskaia, Anisia; Yangarber, Roman. "Digital cultural heritage and revitalization of endangered Finno-Ugric languages" (PDF). Proceedings of the Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 3rd Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024. Memrise is a learning platform for courses created by users, and it includes several courses in Irish and Welsh.
36. "Learn Irish. Language learning made easy". Drops.
37. "Irish fastest growing language on Duolingo app". RTÉ . 23 December 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
38. "PlattinO – neue Sprachlern-App aus Ostfriesland | Niederdeutschsekretariat und Bundesraat för Nedderdüütsch" (in German). 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
39. "PLATTDÜÜTSK - Ostfriesische Landschaft". www.ostfriesischelandschaft.de. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
40. "Softwaregestütztes Plattdeutschlernen mit ALWiNE und Quizlet - Universität Greifswald". www.uni-greifswald.de. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
41. "Mobile & Web Apps | Culture Vannin | Isle of Man". www.culturevannin.im. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
42. Young, Holly (22 December 2014). "Reindeer herders, an app and the fight to save a language". The Guardian . London. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2024. The Memrise learning app is a platform that allows users to input words or phrases and create their own language course. The Ume Sami community began to use the app without the company's knowledge and are now experimenting with using video clips to capture correct pronunciation and inject character into the online documentation of the language.

External links

• FirstVoices.com
• A review of indigenous language learning apps