Rumor Siri Should Speak Russian Japanese And Mandarin Chinese Next Month

The piece also stated that Apple would teach Siri to speak Japanese and Russian. Support for Chinese will be limited, at least initially, if the article is to be believed:

Although Siri retained its beta label, and it is well-known for occasionally taking extended coffee breaks, it has been popular with users. Apple’s marketing positions Siri as the differentiating feature of the iPhone 4S. According to the answer-engine Wolfram Alpha (a Siri content partner), Siri queries represent a quarter of all its queries.

• Four months in, Siri represents about a quarter of all Wolfram Alpha queries (9to5mac.com)
• iPhone 4S pre-orders sell out in Hong Kong in 10 minutes, supply elsewhere “still a gating factor” (9to5mac.com)