24.12.2010 06:20 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iOS to support Cherokee language

The Associate Press reports that Apple is working to incorporate Cherokee language support into iOS. Cherokee tribal officials have been begun to worry about the demise of the Cherokee language as the tribe ages and its younger members increasingly use the English language -- and iPhones. However, instead of seeing technology as a threat, three years ago Cherokee tribal leaders opened talks with Apple to include native support for the Cherokee language in iOS. This fall, Apple replied to the Cherokees' request and announced that it will add the Cherokee language to the roughly fifty languages supported by iOS. Apple's announcement was a surprise to Joseph Erb, who works in the Cherokee Nation's language t

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