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Signs across generations: how the Arrernte emojis are bringing an Indigenous language online

Signs across generations: how the Arrernte emojis are bringing an Indigenous language online

Indigenous person in the forest holds a phone displaying the Indigemoji application on it.
Image by Indigemoji
Joel Liddle and Caddie Brain of the Indigemoji Project, Australia, are in conversation with Sneha P.P. and Anasuya Sengupta in this video interview. They describe how emojis representing the Arrernte indigenous language were created in an exciting multi-generational effort, and analyse the broader challenges and opportunities for bringing indigenous languages online.

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