emoji akerte // about
2018-nge kwenhe project nhenhe renhe mpwareke, nhenge Joel Liddle, Caddie Brain uthene anyente irreke iperre. Ratherre arrwekele anyente irreke Alice Springs Language Centre-le Joel-le Arrernteke akaltyele antherlenge.
Arrernte emoji anetyakenhenge urrke, apps angkentye Arrernte kenhe urrpetye ware anetyarte. Kenhe, tyerrtye atningke anthurre internet uthene phone arlke uthene atnyeneke English-le-ante ware.
Producer Caddie Brain re ahentye anetyame emoji areye mpwaretyeke angkentye urrperle kenhele. Re tweet nhenge Joel-le intelhileke-arle arekiperre, Caddie-le iparrpele email Joel ikwere werne yerneke emoji project akerte. Angkerrekarliperre ratherre emoji arrwekelenye Australia kenhe mpwaretyeke ahentyaneke, team arlke akngaketyeke.
Joel re arnterre itirrepirreke tyerrtye atningke anthurrele English-ke ante ware akaltye irrirrekenge internet-nge. Akngerrepate areye arlke itirriperreme angkentye nhenhe arenye areyarle uyerlpuyirremenge, ingkernenye areyarle English-ke antiknge akaltyirremenge.
Alakenhenge anteme Indigemoji ahentyaneme angkentye anwernekenhe akwete arrwekele arrernetyeke, ingkirrekeke akaltyirretyenhenge.
Indigemoji-le apenteme research kwatye alaye irntwarre arenye areyelarle mpwareke. Itne areke tyerrtye angwenhele apeke angkentye arlke, culture arlke akwete atnyeneme, itne utnenge arlke itirrentye arlke mwerre ulkerarle anemere.
Arratye-iperre anteme November 2019-nge Indigemoji re startirreke. Arrantherre anteme inetyeke app store-nge apeke google play-nge apeke.
awaye // listen
Indigemoji began in early 2018 with a collaboration between Joel Liddle and Caddie Brain. They had met a few years earlier when Caddie attended the Arrernte beginners language course at the Alice Springs Language Centre, where Joel was an Arrernte language teacher.
This project came at a critical time. Many remote communities had just received internet access and everyone now had a mobile phone.
Creative producer Caddie Brain, had been wanting to build a set Indigenous language emojis, quickly contacted Joel and the pair arranged to meet. They made a plan - to produce Australia's first set of Indigenous language emojis.
Joel was concerned that Indigenous languages were under threat as phones provided English language interfaces. This meant that people had more exposure to English and less to their first language. This was placing languages in the region under threat.
As a result, the Indigemoji project wants to create learning and education resources in first languages to ensure these knowledges stay strong forever.
Indigemoji is built on the foundation of global research with Indigenous peoples that demonstrates the links between Indigenous languages and cultural knowledge continuity, and Indigenous people’s health and wellbeing.
First launched in November 2019 at the Alice Springs Library, you can download and share the emojis through a free app available on the App Store and Google Play.
Read more about the full team here.
Indigemoji was launched in November 2019 with a BBQ at Alice Spring Public Library and Indigemoji Disco at Brown Street Youth Drop-in Centre.
Indigemoji was made with the generous support of the Johnston Foundation. The youth workshops formed part of the Geek in Residence Program at the Alice Springs Public Library, funded through by inDigiMOB, a digital inclusion partnership between First Nations Media Australia and Telstra and a Northern Territory Government Youth Activities Grant, with additional support from CAYLUS and Centrecorp.
Eastern and Central Arrernte to English Dictionary
John Henderson and Veronica Dobson, 1994, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT
Eastern and Central Arrernte Picture Dictionary
Neil Broad, 2008, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT
Climate Change; Learning about what is happening with the weather in central Australia
Meg Mooney, Fiona Walsh, Ro Hills, Jocelyn Davies, Ashley Sparrow, Central Land Council Ltyentye Apurte Rangers, 2014, Central Land Council, Alice Springs, NT
Bushfires & bushtucker : Aboriginal plant use in Central Australia
Peter Latz, illustrated by Jenny Green, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT
Angkentye Yerrtye Ileme, Arrernte Street Signs Project, Indigemoji
📚 akaltyirraye // references - learn more
Prix Ars Electronica 2020
Honorary Mention
Recognised in the world's biggest media arts competition, Indigemoji received an Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities Category. Read more
Webby Awards 2020
Honoree
Named an Honoree in the Public Service & Activism Category which recognises apps facilitating political change, social movement, human rights, public education and reform, or revolution
First Nations Media Awards 2021
Best Digital Product
🏆 accolades
kaytetyemoji-we // about
In early 2022, a group of Kaytetye speakers got together to develop Kaytetyemoji.
After the success of the Indigemoji app, additional resources became available to invest in innovative language projects. The Arrernte Indigemoji team decided to support a Kaytetye languageproject, as they knew Kaytetye was considered a highly endangered Australian language, with only 109 speakers listed in the 2021 census, which was down nine per cent since the previous census.
Over many months, our team went through a process of translating the relevant Indigemojis from Arrernte to Kaytetye as well as designing 44 new emojis for plants, animals and other important parts of Kaytetye life and culture, with the help of graphic designers. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the team used mobile phones to check emojis and their meanings with other Kaytetye speakers too. We made recordings of the word to match each emoji, along with example phrases which you can find on this app.
The main emoji representing our set is ‘artnke’ which means flat-topped hills, a significant feature of Kaytetye country. You see these hills when you come towards Barrow Creek. Other neighbouring language groups also recognise artnke as a feature of Kaytetye country.
So these are apps to encourage young people to learn their languages! The digital generation never go anywhere without their phones and now they can share Kaytetye!
The stickers are available through a free app available through the App Store and Google Play. It was launched in April 2023 at the Barrow Creek Hotel.
📚 nyarte nte arewene // useful links
Kaytetye books at Territory Stories (type Kaytetye in the search bar)
The Kaytetye dictionaries from IAD press are currently unavailable. A pilot version of the online Kaytetye picture dictionary can be found here. For an electronic version of the Kaytetye dictionary please email Myfany Turpin.
Videos from ICTV in Kaytetye:
https://ictv.com.au/video/item/7902
https://ictv.com.au/video/item/7903
https://ictv.com.au/video/item/7904
https://ictv.com.au/video/item/7905
https://ictv.com.au/video/item/7907
The Batchelor Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics lists further Kaytetye resources