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Apple aims to preserve endangered Indigenous languages by integrating them into iPhone keyboards, enabling younger generations to text in their native tongues; autocorrect will either help or spectacularly misfire.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN This Morning
Published 7:22 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

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First reported by Wired: “How Apple Puts Indigenous Languages on the iPhone Keyboard”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 7:22 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Apple.

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WiredHow Apple Puts Indigenous Languages on the iPhone Keyboard

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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentApple is working with Indigenous communities to put their endangered languages on the iPhone keyboard, so the next generation can type them where they already text.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe group chat is basically the last safe habitat, bro. If it's in the chat, it survives.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe keyboard that turns my name into a sandwich is now guarding a language. I have questions about the autocorrect.

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