Alphabets and Apple's Market Share

Does anyone know if Apple has plans for adding more language alphabets to the iPhone and iPad? If Apple is looking for ways to increase its market share, simply adding alphabets of non-standard languages is a cheap way to gain loyal customers. I'd like to type in Pashto, but the alphabet isn't included in the iPhone's list. I can type in Pashto with no problem on my PC, but I can't integrate this part of my life into my iPhone. I'd like to send emails, texts, etc. The alphabet should be a simple addition for Apple's programmers compared with the other magic they perform. I imagine there must be other languages that are also not included. I noticed on some forums that Amharic is missing, which has about 40 million speakers. Pashto has about 30 million speakers. People care about their language. It's an important part of culture and identity. If Apple simply offered these languages on the settings list, people's cultural identity would be integrated more fully with the digital world, and, of course, their iPhones.

Does anyone know if Apple has plans for adding more language alphabets to the iPhone and iPad?
Nobody knows, and Apple itself never provides advance info about new features.
Currently the iPad is missing over 2 dozen keyboards which are present on the iPhone, so it is logical to expect that eventually these will be added to the iPad via software updates.
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/missingkbs.html
That will still leave quite a few languages which have keyboards in the full OS X but not yet on the iPhone, such as Hindi, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Tamil, Tibetan, Armenian, Dari, Uzbek, and Pashto.
You should use the feedback channel to tell Apple you want Pashto added to the iPhone/iPad:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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