Chickasaw Basic App vs Hoit'e Woiperes

Chokma! The Chickasaw Nation presents Chickasaw Language Basic, a Chickasaw language learning application for all Apple mobile devices. Chickasaw Language Basic offers hundreds of Chickasaw words, phrases, songs and videos. Learn the Chickasaw language anytime, anywhere from actual Chickasaw speakers. Features:Hundreds of words and phrases organized by categories, including Alphabet, Greeting Phrases, Kid's Phrases, Daily Phrases and more. Includes four traditional hymns, and two videos of Chipota Chikashshanompoli (Children Speaking Chickasaw) Language Club Permission:Per the language in the originally executed purchase order dated 8/26/09, the Chickasaw Nation gives Thornton Media, Inc. the permission to help distribute the App in the iTunes store; the Chickasaw Nation retains ownership of the app and all Chickasaw recordings.

Hoit'e Woiperes, which translates to “Knower of the Language” in Hoocąk, is an online language learning portal devoted entirely to the Hoocąk language. Hoit'e Woiperes provides Hoocąk speaking and learning communities with a powerful tool for revitalizing and learning the Hoocąk language. Hoit'e Woiperes was envisioned as a way for all interested Hoocąk learners to learn the vocabulary and fundamental sentence construction as an important supplement to conventional language education. Based on leading online language learning practices, Hoit'e Woiperes gives learners the power to bring language learning anywhere they go. At its core, Hoit'e Woiperes reshapes the possibilities for indigenous language learning and revitalization. By pairing the historic Hoocąk language with the most current, effective, adaptive, and accessible learning technologies available, Hoit'e Woiperes will give thousands of Hoocąk a way to learn their ancestral language. Hoit'e Woiperes offers interactive learning units that incorporate reading, writing, and eventually speaking systems; and standard achievement tracking, gamification, and rewards. Hoit'e Woiperes not only helps individual users improve their language skills, it brings the language to life in daily lessons, builds community language capacity, and shows that Hoocąk can be learned with regular practice and use.