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International Business Times
International Business Times
Technology
Mohamed RACHEDI

RARE PHOTOS: App lets indigenous brazilians connect in own languages | Rare Historical Photos

Cristina Quirino Mariano, a member of the Ticuna people, writes a message using the Linklado app in Manaus, northern Brazil (Credit: AFP)

For Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, getting online is a challenge. Now, a smartphone app is making it easier to connect by allowing them to use their own native languages.

Hyper-connected Brazil has more cell phones than people -- over 250 million, for a population of 203 million, according to communications consultancy Teleco.

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