Google added Malayalam support in Gmail a couple of months back. But I have not seen it mentioned in any of the blogs. So I have decided to post an article about changing the language to Malayalam. Here is how it works:
- Go to the settings page
- Select the language drop-down
- Scroll to the bottom and you will see Malayalam in the list, select it
- Save your settings
- Gmail will reload the page in Malayalam.
Here are some screenshots:
Gmail Settings - Change Language to Malayalam
Gmail Settings Page in Malayalam
Gmail Settings Page in Malayalam -2
Gmail Error Page
I have observed that Malayalam display works best in GNU/Linux, than in Windows. Fonts are not displayed properly in Windows, and even after testing with many Unicode fonts, it did not improve the display. As you can see above, it works very well in my Linux Machine.
Gmail is available in many other Indian Languages also. Google has done a great job with this localization.
Nice Nice
Are there no translations like the forwards we get ?
Like Kuppathotti for Trash etc etc ??
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Sir,
Thanks for your tips.I would like to use malayalam fonts while composing mails without changing the default gmail settings in English.
Please let me know some tips ,if there is any
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Hi,
Thanks for the steps to activate malayalam. But what is to be done to compose mail in gmail using google transliteration software? Pl advise.
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Hi,
Thanks for the steps to activate malayalam. But what is to be done to compose mail in gmail using google transliteration software? Pl advise.
Neelakandhan
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thankyou for the information
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assalamu alaikum warahmah
iam very happy to gmail ID and thank you
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Hi,
Thanks for the steps to activate malayalam. But what is to be done to compose mail in gmail using google transliteration software? Pl advise
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@Vipin,
Gmail supports Malayalam Transliteration without out of the box, no plugins or additions required. Please see http://www.derick.in/237/gmail-compose-email-in-hindi-malayalam-tamil-kannada-and-telugu/
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