Nunavut News Features Inhabit Media in Article “Audio technology initiative strives to boost Inuktitut and Gwich’in language”

Nunavut News Features Inhabit Media’s Yoto project in article, Audio technology initiative strives to boost Inuktitut and Gwich’in language.

“As part of a pilot project, funded by the Innovation Projects that Support Indigenous Languages Program, more than 500 literacy kits will be distributed to families with children entering kindergarten in 2026, according to Neil Christopher, English publisher at Inhabit Media. Each kit includes books, audio cards, a Yoto player, and instructions.

‘This is an initiative to support oral language development and early reading skills,’ Christopher said. ‘The lack of oral language exposure in Inuktitut and Gwich’in is contributing to language erosion, and this literacy package with its audio component is the first of its kind.'”

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