FirstVoices Keyboards delivers an Indigenous language keyboard experience across 100+ languages, enabling multilingual communication inside any Android app. Developed by the First Peoples' Cultural Council, it supports Indigenous languages across Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA, helping speakers preserve mother tongues. Total downloads: 10,000+; recent demand in the last 30 days: 160.
Pros & Cons
Supports 100+ languages, including First Nations languages
Allows typing across any app on the device (cross-app typing)
Developed by a cultural council dedicated to Indigenous language preservation
Free to download and use with accessible support resources (guide and email)
Lacks some English-centric features common in competitors (e.g., advanced word prediction, themes, emoji/stickers)
No explicit English-language packs beyond the 100+ languages listed
Not ranked in top lists, which may affect visibility against popular keyboards
About FirstVoices Keyboards
FirstVoices Keyboards is a tools app developed by First Peoples' Cultural Council.
Download Statistics
FirstVoices Keyboards has been downloaded 20 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 160 times.
User Ratings
FirstVoices Keyboards is rated 4.36 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 67 ratings.
App Information
FirstVoices Keyboards is FREE to download. The APK download size is 15.14 MB. The latest version available is 18.0.249. The last update was on March 27, 2026.
Technical Requirements
FirstVoices Keyboards requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play February 2016.
Description
The latest ground-breaking FirstVoices innovation from the First Peoples' Cultural Council is an Indigenous language keyboard app for Apple and Android mobile devices.
The FirstVoices Keyboard App contains keyboard software for over 100 languages, and includes every First Nations language in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, plus many languages in the USA.
When the FirstVoices Keyboard app is installed on a mobile phone or tablet, any one of the 100+ custom keyboards can be activated in any application on the device. Users are able to select their keyboard(s) of choice within their email, social media, word processing or other apps, enabling unlimited communication in their mother language.
Online support guide available at: FV Keyboards Android Support Guide
Interested in learning more about FirstVoices and our other Indigenous language apps? Please email First Peoples' Cultural Council: info@firstvoices.com.
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I love it. It doesn't have Qlispe Salish, but I was able to choose a language that had similar syllables, though I have to keep switching between keyboards.
★★★★☆Phoenix Apperloo· Aug 21, 2020
Pretty helpful, however the Gitxsenimx keyboard has an "f" in the lowercase mode which doesn't exist in Gitxsenimx and takes up space in which lowercase "g" should be, uppercase keyboard doesn't have this issue
★★★★★Aaron Geister· Oct 9, 2018
Best way to get syllabic keyboards I love this app and it works amazing. Miigwech ᒦᑫᐧᒡ
★★★★★Werld Chief· Jun 26, 2024
Use it all the time to help myself remember my teachings from middle school. All them tape recordings imprinted in my brain. Learning from the elders through tape recordings and hearing them pronounce every word and just put of curiosity do we use hand gestures and facial expressions to also direct the conversation? Lip pointing is not the only one we have.
★☆☆☆☆Mac Laws· May 30, 2016
I downloaded it chose Lakota set it up but It's always in english. What am I doing wrong¿ Do I have to uninstall any other keyboard that I use. It's on my phone Nexus 5, not a pc.
★☆☆☆☆Abel Mata· May 18, 2016
Bad Doesn't have any Indigenous Mexican languages
★☆☆☆☆Joanne Teel· Jun 1, 2016
I downloaded it, hoping that it would have the Qua paw language or at least some sort of Siouan language, but it does not have either. 😕
Google Play Rankings for FirstVoices Keyboards
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Technologies used by FirstVoices Keyboards
5 permissions·30 libraries
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Trust & Safety: Permissions include INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, POST_NOTIFICATIONS, VIBRATE, and a DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION. These are typical for a keyboard app requiring network access and notifications. The app uses standard AndroidX libraries and Sentry for crash reporting, indicating conventional safety practices; no additional sensitive permissions are listed.
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