The WWDC 2026 keynote word-cloud slide contained, among the minor announcements, two localization updates worth separate attention from the already-documented keyboards.
The first concerns new UI language variants: iOS 27 adds English (Canada) and English (Philippines) as standalone UI languages, with date, number formatting, and terminology localized for each region. It's not just a keyboard matter — it's the ability to have an operating system that speaks the local conventions of these geographic areas.
The second concerns North American indigenous languages. Apple has added keyboards for Blackfoot, Comanche, Cree, Kiowa, and Tsuu'tina — languages spoken by communities from the Plains and southwestern areas of North America. MacStories documented the full list by capturing it from the original keynote slide.