# Language news, Thursday, 24 September 2026

Compiled by Richard Brooks's language news desk. Canonical: https://richard-brooks.com/language-news/2026-09-24/

## China launches multimodal AI input method for Tibetan dialects

Tech. Qinghai Normal University's Tibetan Intelligence lab released Zhida for phones and computers, with voice input in Ü-Tsang, Amdo and Kham plus OCR and translation. Everyday typing becomes a practical channel for a low-resource language with wide dialect gaps.

Source: China News Service (ECNS), https://www.ecns.cn/m/cns-wire/2026-09-21/detail-ihfkhtke4059189.shtml

## Manitoba funds ASL seats for Indigenous women and on-reserve courses

Education. Province invests $146,000 so four Indigenous women train as ASL-English interpreters at RRC Polytech, with three ASL micro-credentials delivered on reserve.

Source: CBC News, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/asl-funding-rrc-polytech-9.7354400

## OED September update adds Caribbean, Bermudian and Welsh English words

Culture. The quarterly release on 23 September records World Englishes from Bermuda, the Caribbean, Wales and East Africa, including bimpert, Trinbagonian and now in a minute, after a Bermuda Spelling Bee collaboration.

Source: Oxford University Press, https://corp.oup.com/news/new-to-the-oxford-english-dictionary-september-2026/