Gmail in Malayalam

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:

1. Go to the settings page
2. Select the language drop-down
3. Scroll to the bottom and you will see Malayalam in the list, select it
4. Save your settings
5. 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.

Watch this video in http://www.slideshare.net/rc_sharma/how-to-compose-your-gmail-email-in-hindi-telugu-tamil-kannada-malayalam.