Gmail now available in Burmese, 74th language supported

It’s a sign of the times that Google services including Gmail are now available in Burmese, marking the 74th language of the world’s most popular email service.

“As a country of 53 million, Myanmar’s recent opening-up has triggered an explosion of people coming online”, said Google product manager Brian Kemler in a recent blog post.

“As recently as 2011, a mere 500,000 Myanmar citizens were able to access the Internet, which was less than one percent of the population”, he added.

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gmail was always the ONE AND ONLY email service available in Myanmar in the old days before 2012 or so, as Yahoo and hotmail were blocked.

and gtalk the only messenger that could be used. I still remember that internet Cafe in Mandalay in 2009, where - due to lack of electricity - the Computers were powered by car batteries. and one website took between 5 and 10 minutes to load........