Ándaras – The Game
A point and click adventure game made for Sámi children and youth. Play as Ándaras as he tries to save the hare leverets scattered across the forest and mountains.
Take a look at the Youtube video here.
Sikku Media specializes in Sámi apps for iOS and Android phones.
Below is a selection of apps made in the last few years.
Sámi Synonymat
An application used to find synonyms to Sámi words. It includes over 16,000 word entries and is based on the groundwork of Jovnna-Ánde Vest.
Konrad
Konrad Nielsen's famous Lapp dictionaries in application form. Also available as a web-app:
Sámi - English Dictionary
This beginner's dictionary app contains about 1300 of the most used Northern Sámi words translated to English. It features a smart search function for easy word lookups.
MiiGii Quiz
A quiz application in the Sámi language featuring categories like history, politics, sports, traditional knowledge, language, literature, and music.
Sámi - Norwegian Dictionary
This dictionary app includes over 30,000 Northern Sámi words translated to Norwegian and Finnish, using free and open-source materials from Giellatekno.
Why Sámi Apps?
The Sámi people, are indigenous to Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Most Sámi languages are endangered or extinct. Apps provide children and adults more ways to play, learn, and interact in our native language daily. Sámi App Making is a cultural trade and livelihood, just like Sámi Film, Theatre, Art, and Literature.
Sikku Media Goals
- Make engaging, useful, and fun app experiences.
- Develop educational tools for Sámi language learning.
- Secure external funding for sustained activity without small projects.
- Create programming courses for educational institutions.
- Establish an international Sámi App Institute to support app development.
Contact Info
John Anders Sikku
Writer, Programmer, Graphical Designer
Phone: +47 922 43 919
Email: sikkumedia@gmail.com
Website: sikkumedia.net