Google announced in a recent blog post that it has added 13 new languages to Gmail, with Afrikaans and isiZulu among them.<\/p>\n
Gmail was already available in 58 languages, and in bringing that total to 71 Google said its e-mail application now covers 94% of the world\u2019s Internet population.<\/p>\n
The 13 languages added to Gmail are as follows: Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani (Azeri), Chinese (Hong Kong), French (Canada), Galician, Georgian, Khmer, Lao, Mongolian, Nepali, Sinhala, and Zulu.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs any native speaker knows, each language has its own nuances, so we worked closely with linguists to make sure the tone and style are just right,\u201d Google said.<\/p>\n
As an example, Google highlighted how \u201cinbox\u201d is represented differently for Hong Kong and Taiwan Chinese even though both use traditional Chinese characters.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll notice that Gmail\u2019s new Chinese (Hong Kong) language uses \u6536\u4ef6\u7bb1 for \u2018Inbox\u2019 instead of \u6536\u4ef6\u5323, which is a word more common in Taiwan,\u201d Google said.<\/p>\n
All 13 languages have started rolling out to Gmail on the web and feature phone browsers.<\/p>\n
Firefox OS for smartphones to get Xhosa translation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides in Afrikaans and Zulu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n