Chert

Chert is a third-party keyboard allowing you to type special characters found in Alaska’s Native languages, including Iñupiaq. Many of these characters are not available on Apple’s default keyboards. Customize your keyboard by enabling only those special characters present in the languages you use.

Download here for iOS.

Currently unavailable for Android.

Iñupiat word finder

This dictionary app is an easy to use aid designed to help individuals study and learn the Iñupiaq language. This app was made possible through a partnership between the North Slope Borough, Iñupiat Heritage Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Download here for iOS.

Currently unavailable on Android.

Iñupiaraaqta

This phrasebook app will teach you basic Iñupiaq phrases to be able to communicate in. The phrases you hear in this app were recorded in the coastal sub-dialect of Iñupiatun spoken in the coastal communities of Northwest Alaska (Nuataaq, Ipnasiaq, Kivaliñiq, Qikiqtaġruk and Nunatchiaq).

Currently unavailable as updates are made.

Iñupiat App

North Slope Borough School District presents this free Iñupiat language app. The app contains over 600 sentences, phrases and words recorded with fluent Iñupiat speakers, songs, images, games, quizzes, a searchable database, and much more!

Download here for iOS.

Download here for Android.

Inuvialuktun one

Paaġutit! The Government of Northwest Territories and the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre present this Inuvialuktun (Uummaġmiutun) language app. This app offers language learning, practice, games and quizzes and much more.

Download here for iOS.

Download here for Android.

Iñupiaq keyboard for Mac & PC

Download this Iñupiaq Keyboard from Languagegeek.com to be able to type in Iñupiaq/Inupiaq. Find it here. If the link is not working for you, try downloading the zip file here. Follow the download instructions on the Languagegeek website to install.

Suzzuk shows us how to download and use the Inupiaq keyboard in this video. Taikuu!

This video from Iḷisaġvik College provides all the information about using diacritical markings in Iñupiaq on your computer and the different ways you can do it. Quyanaq Elizabeth!

Iñupiaq Numerals

Public Domain image via Wikimedia

Public Domain image via Wikimedia

Iñupiaq numerals are a base-20 system invented at Harold Kavelook School in Qaaktuġvik in the early 90’s by middle school students and their teacher to better represent the Iñupiaq number system. The use of Iñupiaq numerals is spreading across Iñupiat Nunaat and Iñuit Nunaat today. Iñupiaq numerals are now in Unicode (2022).

Download the Iñupiaq numeral font here.

Use a calculator using Iñupiaq numerals here.

Use a clock using Iñupiaq numerals here.

Download an Iñupiaq numeral calculator app here.

Inuktitun Syllabics

Iñupiaq uses the Iñupiaq script which uses Latin characters, but can also be written with Inuktitun syllabics. Use the chart below to compare Inuktitun syllabics with the Iñupiaq script.

Download Inuktitun Syllabics for iOS here.

Download Inuktitun Syllabics for Android here.

Download Inuktitun Syllabics keyboard for PC and Mac here.