MacOS Sequoia and iOS 18: New Language Features

Apple has published info about the new features in the 2024 updates of MacOS and iOS. As far as I can tell, the only new language features appear to be Hindi translation in both and Kazakh, Lithuanian, and Slovenian system languages in iOS only.

New Dhivehi Keyboard

A poster in the Apple Support Communities has pointed out that the MacOS Dhivehi keyboard has the wrong ounctuation characters for that script (LTR in instead of RTL). This custom layout fixes that. Apple's iOS keyboard does not have this problem.

Typing Haitian Creole

For users who need to be able to type Haitian Creole on Mac devices, the normal US English keyboard should be sufficient. This language only uses one diacritic, the grave accent, which is available by doing press and hold on the base letter and choosing the accent you want from the popup menu that appears.

Apple does not yet offer spellcheck for Kreyòl. If you need that on an iphone or ipad, you can get it by installing the MS Swiftkey keyboard app. On a Mac, you can get the necessary files here. Some info on installing is here.

For translation, Google Translate is probably the best place to go.