Diné Keyboard for Android OS and iPhone & iPod Touch

Download your FREE Diné Keyboard for Android OS and iPhone & iPod Touch here.

Mobile technology is now so ubiquitous it could be found deep in rural areas of the world and in the hands of our children. These devices are shaping how people learn and share information. Businesses and social networks are utilizing this medium within their marketing strategies and for many people, the flexibility of being mobile takes away the barrier of fixed time and place.

Language and culture preservation among indigenous cultures around the world have continuously adapted to this new technology reaching deep into diverse demographics including education. Several Navajo Nation reservation schools have targeted cohorts of students to preserve language and culture. One example is Rough Rock Community [1] School implementing the Immersion program where Diné language is the primary communication between instructor-learner and cultural concepts related to classroom subjects.

Today social networks are as ubiquitous as the mobile device itself and we at Native Innovation, Inc. [2] want to provide a tool for our Diné language learners. The popularity of seeing and reading the Diné language on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, and Google+ has allowed users to communicate in their native language. Jerome Tsosie [3] and Florian Johnson [4] created the Navajo Keyboard for [5] iPhone and iPad Touch and released the official app on November 16, 2012 in the iTunes Store [6]  and the Diné Keyboard for Android OS on August 30, 2013. The Android OS version has 44 phrases loaded for users to instantly use. We are developing a this website as a resource not only for our users, but for other entities to use also. So we present to you the Diné Keyboard. Download it today!

Links

1. ^{^} Rough Rock Community (roughrocknavajostudies.blogspot.com)
2. ^{^} Native Innovation, Inc. (www.nativeinnovation.us)
3. ^{^} Jerome Tsosie (www.facebook.com)
4. ^{^} Florian Johnson (www.facebook.com)
5. ^{^} Navajo Keyboard for (itunes.apple.com)
6. ^{^} iTunes Store (itunes.apple.com)

source: navajoweb.blogspot.com