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How apple brings Indigenous languages to the iPhone keyboard
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How apple brings Indigenous languages to the iPhone keyboard

So: Apple is adding support for more Indigenous languages on the iPhone keyboard, helping communities bring their languages into the everyday digital lives of young people. For the Cherokee Nation, which has around 1,500 active speakers left, accessible technology is one important way to support language revitalization. The work takes years and depends on Unicode, character and font support, writing conventions, and close collaboration with language communities. And here's the thing: making a language easier to type is not just a technical upgrade - it can help keep it alive for the next generation.
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