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Tech
China launches multimodal AI input method for Tibetan dialects
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.
Education
Manitoba funds ASL seats for Indigenous women and on-reserve courses
Province invests $146,000 so four Indigenous women train as ASL-English interpreters at RRC Polytech, with three ASL micro-credentials delivered on reserve.
Culture
OED September update adds Caribbean, Bermudian and Welsh English words
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.