Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
On iPhone, adding a keyboard for a different language also adds that language to the Preferred Languages list.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“If you add a keyboard for a different language, the corresponding language is automatically added to the Preferred Languages list.”
Add or change keyboards on iPhone, Apple, Apple Support, iPhone User Guide, 2026, Add or remove a keyboard for another language.
Open the original- What it measures
- Preferred Languages sits in the Settings app, and it is where you change the order of languages on the phone.
- What it does not show
- Apple does not say on this page whether the language is also turned on for Dictation. Apple's Dictation page says that using a keyboard for another language lets you use Dictation in that language.