How students and teachers are using iPad to save an endangered language

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There are nearly half a million Cherokee people around the world, but less than 0.5% of them speak their language natively, prompting educators to turn to iPad and Mac to help preserve the language. A Cherokee Immersion School student uses iMovie to add narration to a story in Keynote | Image credit: Apple Language is a living thing, and as such, it depends on speakers to not only keep it alive but also ensure its future survival. Some languages, especially those spoken by Indigenous Americans, are in danger of extinction. Today, there are fewer than 1,500 fluent Cherokee language speakers. Among the world's 480,000 Cherokee people, only 0.31% speak the language fluently. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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There are nearly half a million Cherokee people around the world, but less than 0.5% of them speak their language natively, prompting educators to turn to iPad and Mac to help preserve the language.

A Cherokee Immersion School student uses iMovie to add narration to a story in Keynote | Image credit: Apple Language is a living thing, and as such, it depends on speakers to not only keep it alive but also ensure its future survival.

Some languages, especially those spoken by Indigenous Americans, are in danger of extinction.

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