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Gmail Gets 57th Language: Cherokee




    Google's email system, Gmail,  has unveiled its 57th language and it's one close to home -- Cherokee.
    Google worked with the Cherokee Nation to develop the language in Google's web search and in Gmail, according to Craig Cornelius, a Google engineer, on the official Gmail blog. In 2002, a survey found that no one under 40 spoke conversational Cherokee, and that galvanized the tribe to create language immersion classes as well as reaching out to technology.

    The Gmail team worked with a team of volunteers to come up with words that didn't exist in the Cherokee lexicon, such as "inbox" or "spam." For a tribe that developed the first written native language, this was an important step.
    For those wanting to use Cherokee, they simply need to go to Gmail settings to use the language ᏣᎳᎩ.