Apple's iOS feature availability table lists 48 language and regional variants for On-Device and Modeless Dictation.

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

In the source's own words

“On-Device and Modeless Dictation Arabic Cantonese (Hong Kong) Cantonese (Simplified, China mainland) Danish (Denmark)”

iOS Feature Availability, Apple, 2026, Dictation section, row On-Device and Modeless Dictation.

What it measures: We counted the entries in Apple's list: 45 entries with a region in brackets and 3 single-word entries (Arabic, Japanese and Turkish). The list includes English (United States), German (Germany) and Japanese.
What it does not show: The count is ours, from the list as it appeared on the day we read it. Apple does not say in the table which iOS version each row applies to, and the list can change with a language download.

Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets

48language and regional variants

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

“On-Device and Modeless Dictation Arabic Cantonese (Hong Kong) Cantonese (Simplified, China mainland) Danish (Denmark)”

iOS Feature Availability, Apple, 2026, Dictation section, row On-Device and Modeless Dictation.

What it measures: We counted the entries in Apple's list: 45 entries with a region in brackets and 3 single-word entries (Arabic, Japanese and Turkish). The list includes English (United States), German (Germany) and Japanese.
What it does not show: The count is ours, from the list as it appeared on the day we read it. Apple does not say in the table which iOS version each row applies to, and the list can change with a language download.