You’ve seen Gmail in Hindi but now this popular email program from Google is available in all major languages of India including اردو (Urdu) , मराठी (Marathi), हिन्दी (Hindi), বাংলা (Bangla), ગુજરાતી (Gujarati), ଓଡିଆ (Oriya), தமிழ் (Tamil), తెలుగు (Telugu), ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada) and മലയാളം (Malayalam).
I think this would cover 90% of the 1 billion strong population of India.
To switch to a different language in Gmail, go to the Settings tab and selection a different languages from the Gmail display language drop down. Don’t forget to save your changes.
Google Docs are also available in most Indian languages. Thanks Syed Abbas.
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Reader Comments
Fantastic! Now, a lot of people will find this really helpful.
Kudos to the team!
Written by Shankar Ganesh on 05.30.08
बहुत अच्छी खबर।
मनीषा
Written by Manisha on 05.30.08
I wish there was an easy way to compose email in Hindi in GMail, like we have in blogger.
Written by Anurag on 05.30.08
My opinion is to just learn english. My native language is dutch, but I run all my applications aren’t translated to dutch but I just use English translation. I think everybody should learn English because:
1. The language is pretty.
2. A lot of people speak English
3. All the rich people speak English so if you want to get somewhere learn English
Written by alfred on 05.30.08
Specially with the latest JuxtConsult report stating that people beyond the metros are acessing the internet is also on the rise and this adds the
icing to the cake. In way it would be state specific terms Mishti Doi to the people of Bengal, Aam ras to the peole of gujarat… etc…
Written by Moksh Juneja on 05.31.08
Nice piece of Info, Thanks Amit.
Punjabi wich kado ayegi Gmail? :)
Written by Manpreet Singh on 05.31.08
@ #4, Alfred - Um, actually, a lot of people do know English. Not everyone’s fluent in it. But anyway, if you were to go to say.. France (no offense intended), you wouldn’t learn to speak fluent French, na?
@ #6 Manpreet - Pathaa, mein ehi soch rahi si. I’ve been waiting for Gmail to become available in Punjabi. [=
Written by Deepa Kaur on 06.02.08
This is good strategy from google, It will not only expand the user base of gmail in India but also it will improve brand image of gmail. also, google needs to improve more on gmail by introducing more innovative facilities for Indian rural consumers.
Written by Imran Jankhwala on 06.06.08
Does anyone know how to compose messages in Hindi or any Indian language? I am able to change the display settings but when I compose email the messages still appear in English.
Written by APdaught on 08.20.08
It only displays the Interface
but how to compose a mail in Indian language (malayalam)
Written by arun on 09.27.08