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# Google knows that I am Indian..
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/google-knows-that-i-am-indian/
- Published: 2009-05-15T23:33:01.000Z
- Updated: 2009-05-15T23:33:01.000Z
- Description: I logged into Gmail today and noticed this small icon on the left hand side of the rich editing option, a small icon showing the letter...
- Author: admin
- Tags: Fun, Rantings, Uncategorized, Web, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

I logged into [Gmail](http://gmail.com/?ref=kudithipudi.org) today and noticed this small icon on the left hand side of the rich editing option, a small icon showing the letter “a” in my native tounge ([Telugu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu%5Flanguage?ref=kudithipudi.org)).. Me being the curious kind, clicked on it and found out that I can now compose e-mails in multiple [Indian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India?ref=kudithipudi.org) languages ([Hindi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi%5Flanguage?ref=kudithipudi.org), [Tamil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%5Flanguage?ref=kudithipudi.org), [Kannada](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada%5Flanguage?ref=kudithipudi.org), [Telugu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu%5Flanguage?ref=kudithipudi.org) & [Malyalam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malyalam%5Flanguage?ref=kudithipudi.org)) by typing in English. Something that Google calls “[transliteration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration?ref=kudithipudi.org)“. Here are some screenshots of me using the feature

 

![Screenshot of Gmail showing multiple language options..](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/3534030909_3b4b18c77b.jpg)

Screenshot of Gmail showing multiple language options..

 

![Screenshot of Telugu in Gmail](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2059/3534030937_2c81bbd0ed.jpg)

Screenshot of Telugu in Gmail

Pretty cool.. but scary too 🙂 that Google guessed I am Indian.