Google just announced that it has added Cherokee as Gmail’s 57th supported language. While Google has continuously expanded its language support for Gmail and its other services, this marks the first time that Google has added a Native American tribal language to its repertoire.
Google, of course, isn’t doing this because of the large number of Cherokee-speaking Gmail users who are demanding support for their language. Indeed, the company points toward a 2002 survey of the Oklahoma Cherokee population that found that “no one under 40 spoke conversational Cherokee.” Because of this survey, however, the Cherokee Nation decided to explore the use of technology to encourage a new generation to use the language. More.
See: Tech Crunch
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It's about time that google acknowledges the Native American nations.
Contrary to the survey, there are people under 40 who speak their native tongue, though most of them are among
the Eastern Band of Cherokee in North Carolina.
Thank you for posting.
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Thanks to this contribution of Google.
We may have less risk on loss of indigenous languages of mankind.
Soonthon Lupkitaro
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