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This article is about in-game languages. For customizing language files, see Resource pack § Language. For the runic script used by illagers in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Illageralt. For the villager language in Minecraft: Story Mode, see MCSM:Villagerese.
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The language settings in Java Edition.
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The language settings in Bedrock Edition.

The language menu, accessible in options[JE only] or settings,‌[BE only] enables the selection of languages outside of the system default. Most of these languages are real; however, some Java Edition-exclusive languages, such as LOLCAT and Shakespearean English, are intended as jokes.

Languages

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Note: Languages with a gray background are "joke" languages.
Available languages
Number Name in the game Language (in English) Locale code Official language in... (bold)
Native to... (unbold)
JE BE In-game ISO 639-3
1 Afrikaans (Suid-Afrika) Afrikaans af_za afr_ZA South Africa, Namibia
2 العربية (العالم العربي) Arabic ar_sa ara_SA Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zanzibar (Tanzania), Cyprus, Israel, Mali, Niger, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa
3 Asturianu (Asturies) Asturian ast_es ast_ES Spain (Asturias)
4 Azərbaycanca (Azərbaycan) Azerbaijani az_az aze_AZ Azerbaijan, Russia (Dagestan)
5 Башҡортса (Башҡортостан, Рәсәй) Bashkir ba_ru bak_RU-BA Russia (Bashkortostan)
6 Boarisch (Bayern) Bavarian bar bar_DE Germany (Bavaria), Austria, Italy (South Tyrol)
7 Беларуская (Беларусь) Belarusian (Cyrillic) be_by bel_BY Belarus, Poland (Gmina Orla, Gmina Narewka, Gmina Czyże, Gmina Hajnówka, the town of Hajnówka), Czech Republic, Ukraine, Moldova
8 Biełaruskaja (Biełaruś) Belarusian (Latin) be_latn bel-Latn_BY Belarus, Poland (Gmina Orla, Gmina Narewka, Gmina Czyże, Gmina Hajnówka, the town of Hajnówka), Czech Republic, Ukraine, Moldova
9 23 Български (България) Bulgarian bg_bg bul_BG Bulgaria, Albania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine
10 Brezhoneg (Breizh) Breton br_fr bre_FR France (Brittany)
11 Braobans (Braobant) Brabantian brb qbr_NL Belgium (Province of Antwerp, Province of Brabant), Netherlands (North Brabant)
12 Bosanski (Bosna i Hercegovina) Bosnian bs_ba bos_BA Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Kosovo
13 Català (Catalunya) Catalan ca_es cat_ES Andorra, Spain (Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencian Community), French (Northern Catalonia, Occitania), Spain (Aragon, Region of Murcia)
14 Чӑвашла (Чӑваш Ен, Раҫҫей) Chuvash cv_cu chv_RU-CU Russia (Chuvashia)
15 21 Čeština (Česko) Czech cs_cz ces_CZ Czech Republic, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia
16 Cymraeg (Cymru) Welsh cy_gb cym_GB United Kingdom (Wales), Argentina (Chubut Province)
17 1 Dansk (Danmark) Danish da_dk dan_DK Kingdom of Denmark, Germany
18 Deitsch (Österreich) Austrian German de_at bar_AT Austria
19 Schwiizerdutsch (Schwiiz) Swiss German de_ch gsw_CH Switzerland, Liechtenstein
20 2 Deutsch (Deutschland) German de_de deu_DE Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy (South Tyrol), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Namibia, Brazil (6 municipalities), Czech Republic, Denmark (Syddanmark), Hungary (Sopron), Poland (Upper Silesia), Romania (select localities), Russia (Azovo German National District), Slovakia (Krahule)
21 22 Ελληνικά (Ελλάδα) Greek el_gr ell_GR Greece, Cyprus
22 English (Australia) Australian English en_au eng_AU Australia
23 English (Canada) Canadian English en_ca eng_CA Canada
24 3 English (United Kingdom) British English en_gb eng_GB United Kingdom, many former British colonies
25 English (New Zealand) New Zealand English en_nz eng_NZ New Zealand
26 Pirate Speak (The Seven Seas) Pirate English en_pt qpe The Seven Seas
27 ɥsᴉꞁᵷuƎ (uʍoᗡ ǝpᴉsd∩) Upside down British English en_ud eng-Qabs_GB (none)
28 4 English (US) American English en_us en_us United States
29 Anglish (Oned Riches)[note 1] Modern English minus borrowed words[note 2] enp qep Oned Riches[note 1]
30 Shakespearean English (Kingdom of England) Early Modern English enws qes Kingdom of England
31 Esperanto (Esperantujo) Esperanto eo_uy epo Constructed language (international)
32 Español (Argentina) Argentinian Spanish es_ar spa_AR Argentina
33 Español (Chile) Chilean Spanish es_cl spa_CL Chile
34 Español (Ecuador) Ecuadorian Spanish es_ec spa_EC Ecuador
35 5 Español (España) European Spanish es_es spa_ES Spain, Equatorial Guinea
36 6 Español (México) Mexican Spanish es_mx spa_MX Mexico
37 Español (Uruguay) Uruguayan Spanish es_uy spa_UY Uruguay
38 Español (Venezuela) Venezuelan Spanish es_ve spa_VE Venezuela
39 Andalûh (Andaluçía) Andalusian esan spa_ES-AN Spain (Andalusia), Ceuta, Melilla, Gibraltar
40 Eesti keel (Eesti) Estonian et_ee est_EE Estonia
41 Euskara (Euskal Herria) Basque eu_es eus_ES Spain (Basque Country)
42 فارسی (ایران) Persian fa_ir fas_IR Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
43 18 Suomi (Suomi) Finnish fi_fi fin_FI Finland
44 Filipino (Pilipinas) Filipino fil_ph fil_PH Philippines
45 Føroyskt (Føroyar) Faroese fo_fo fao_FO Faroe Islands
46 8 Français (Canada) Canadian French fr_ca fra_CA Canada
47 Français (Suisse) Swiss French fr_ch fra_CH Switzerland
48 7 Français (France) European French fr_fr fra_FR France, Belgium, Monaco, Switzerland,...
49 Fränggisch (Franggn) East Franconian fra_de vmf_DE Franconia (Germany)
50 Furlan (Friûl) Friulian fur_it fur_IT Italy (Friuli)
51 Frysk (Fryslân) Frisian fy_nl fry_NL Netherlands (Friesland)
52 Gaeilge (Éire) Irish ga_ie gle_IE Ireland, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
53 Gàidhlig (Alba) Scottish Gaelic gd_gb gla_GB United Kingdom (Scotland), Canada (Nova Scotia)
54 Galego (Galicia / Galiza) Galician gl_es glg_ES Galicia (Spain)
55 Galo (Bertègn) Gallo go_fr qga_FR France (Brittany)
56 Галицка (Галичина, Вкраїна) Halychian hal_ua qha_UA Galicia (Ukraine)
57 'Ōlelo Hawai'i (Hawai'i) Hawaiian haw_us haw_US Hawaii
58 עברית (ישראל) Hebrew he_il heb_IL Israel
59 हिंदी (भारत) Hindi hi_in hin_IN India, Fiji
60 Høgnorsk (Norig) High Norwegian hn_no qho Norway
61 Hrvatski (Hrvatska) Croatian hr_hr hrv_HR Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
62 11 Magyar (Magyarország) Hungarian hu_hu hun_HU Hungary
63 Հայերեն (Հայաստան) Armenian hy_am hye_AM Armenia
64 9 Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesia) Indonesian id_id ind_ID Indonesia
65 Igbo (Naigeria) Igbo ig_ng ibo_NG Nigeria
66 Ido (Idia) Ido io_en ido Constructed language
67 Íslenska (Ísland) Icelandic is_is isl_IS Iceland
68 Medžuslovjansky (Slovjanščina) Interslavic isv qis Constructed language (Slavic countries)
69 10 Italiano (Italia) Italian it_it ita_IT Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City State.
70 28 日本語 (日本) Japanese ja_jp jpn_JP Japan
71 la .lojban. (la jbogu'e) Lojban jbo_en jbo Constructed language
72 ქართული (საქართველო) Georgian ka_ge kat_GE Georgia
73 Қазақша (Қазақстан) Kazakh kk_kz kaz_KZ Kazakhstan, northern Xinjiang (China), Mongolia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
74 ಕನ್ನಡ (ಭಾರತ) Kannada kn_in kan_IN India (Karnataka)
75 29 한국어 (대한민국) Korean ko_kr kor_KR South Korea, North Korea, China (Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture)
76 Kölsch/Ripoarisch (Rhingland) Kölsch/Ripuarian ksh ksh_DE Germany (Rhineland), Belgium, Netherlands
77 Kernewek (Kernow) Cornish kw_gb cor_GB United Kingdom (Cornwall)
78 Кыргызча (Кыргызстан) Kyrgyz ky_kg kir_KG Kyrgyzstan, China (Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture), Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
79 Latina (Latium) Latin la_la lat_VA Vatican (no native speakers, was the language of Roman Empire during Antiquity)
80 Lëtzebuergesch (Lëtzebuerg) Luxembourgish lb_lu ltz_LU Luxembourg, Germany, France (region), Belgium
81 Limburgs (Limburg) Limburgish li_li lim_NL Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
82 Lombard (Lombardia) Lombard lmo lmo_IT Italy (Lombardy, Piedmont, South Tyrol, Trentino), Switzerland (Grisons, Ticino), Brazil (Santa Catarina)
83 ລາວ (ປະເທດລາວ) Lao lo_la lao_LA Laos, Thailand (Isan), Cambodia (Stung Treng, Preah Vihear and Ratanakiri), Vietnam (Điện Biên, Lai Châu and Sơn La)
84 LOLCAT (Kingdom of Cats) LOLCAT lol_us qll The Kingdom of Cats (Web language)
85 Lietuvių (Lietuva) Lithuanian lt_lt lit_LT Lithuania
86 Latviešu (Latvija) Latvian lv_lv lav_LV Latvia
87 文言 (華夏) Literary Chinese lzh lzh Sinosphere (was used as the official formal written language)
88 Македонски (Северна Македонија) Macedonian mk_mk mkd_MK North Macedonia
89 Монгол (Монгол Улс) Mongolian mn_mn mon_MN Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia, a.k.a Nei Mongol Autonomous Region)
90 Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia) Malay ms_my zlm_MY Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
91 Malti (Malta) Maltese mt_mt mlt_MT Malta
92 Mēxikatlahtōlli (Mēxiko) Nahuatl nah nhe_MX Mexico, United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Canada
93 Plattdüütsh (Düütschland) Low German nds_de nds_DE Germany, Netherlands
94 Vlaams (België) Dutch, Flemish nl_be nld_BE Belgium, Netherlands
95 12 Nederlands (Nederland) Dutch nl_nl nld_NL Netherlands, Belgium, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Suriname.
96 Norsk nynorsk (Noreg) Norwegian Nynorsk nn_no nno_NO Norway
97 13 Norsk bokmål (Norge) Norwegian Bokmål no_no‌[JE only] nb_no‌[BE only] nob_NO Norway
98 Occitan (Occitània) Occitan oc_fr oci_FR Occitania (Spanish Catalonia, southern France, Italian Piedmont)
99 Övdalska (Swerre) Elfdalian ovd ovd_SE Älvdalen (Sweden)
100 14 Polski (Polska) Polish pl_pl pol_PL Poland
101 Ngiiwa (Ndanìꞌngà) Popoloca pls pls_MX Puebla (Mexico)
102 15 Português (Brasil) Brazilian Portuguese pt_br por_BR Brazil
103 16 Português (Portugal) European Portuguese pt_pt por_PT Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, ...
104 Cántabru/Montañés (Cantabria) Cantabrian qcb_es qcb_ES Spain (Cantabria)
105 Bahasa Indonesia edjaän lama (Indonesia tempo doeloe) Indonesian (Pre-reform spelling)[note 3] qid qid_ID Indonesia tempo doeloe
106 Quenya (Arda) Quenya (Form of Elvish from The Lord of the Rings) qya_aa qya Constructed language (The Lord of the Rings: Aman)
107 Română (România) Romanian ro_ro ron_RO Romania, Moldova, Transnistria
108 Русскій дореформенный (Россійская имперія) Russian (Pre-revolutionary) rpr qpr Russian Empire
109 24 Русский (Россия) Russian ru_ru rus_RU Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, ....
110 Руснацькый (Пудкарпатя, Украина) Rusyn ry_ua rue_UA Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast), Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania
111 Сахалыы (Cаха Сирэ) Yakut sah_sah sah_RU Russia (Sakha)
112 Davvisámegiella (Sápmi) Northern Sami se_no sme_NO Norway, Sweden, Finland
113 17 Slovenčina (Slovensko) Slovak sk_sk slk_SK Slovakia
114 Slovenščina (Slovenija) Slovenian sl_si slv_SI Slovenia
115 Af-Soomaali (Soomaaliya) Somali so_so som_SO Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya
116 Shqip (Shqiperia) Albanian sq_al sqi_AL Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo
117 Srpski (Srbija) Serbian (Latin) sr_cs srp-Latn_RS Serbia (Kosovo), Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina
118 Српски (Србија) Serbian (Cyrillic) sr_sp srp-Cyrl_RS Serbia (Kosovo), Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina
119 19 Svenska (Sverige) Swedish sv_se swe_SE Sweden, Finland
120 Säggs’sch (Saggsn) Upper Saxon German sxu sxu_DE Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
121 Ślōnski (Gōrny Ślōnsk) Silesian szl szl_PL Upper Silesia (Poland)
122 தமிழ் (இந்தியா) Tamil ta_in tam_IN India (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry) , Sri Lanka (Eelam) , Singapore
123 ไทย (ประเทศไทย) Thai th_th tha_TH Thailand
124 Tagalog (Pilipinas) Tagalog tl_ph tgl_PH Philippines
125 tlhIngan Hol (tlhIngan wo') Klingon tlh_aa tlh Constructed language (Star Trek: the Klingon Empire)
126 toki pona (kulupu pona) Toki Pona tok tok Constructed language
127 20 Türkçe (Türkiye) Turkish tr_tr tur_TR Türkiye, Cyprus
128 Татарча (Татарстан, Рәсәй) Tatar tt_ru tat_RU Tatarstan (Russia)
129 Bats'i k'op (Jobel) Tzotzil tzo_mx tzo_MX Chiapas (Mexico)
130 25 Українська (Україна) Ukrainian uk_ua ukr_UA Ukraine, Transnistria.
131 O'zbekcha (O'zbekiston) Uzbek uz_uz uzb_UZ Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, China
132 Català (Valencià) Valencian val_es cat_ES-VC Spain (Valencia)
133 Vèneto (Veneto) Venetian vec_it vec_IT Italy (Veneto), Slovenia, Croatia
134 Võro (Eesti) Võro vro vro_EE Estonia (South Estonia)
135 Tiếng Việt (Việt Nam) Vietnamese vi_vn vie_VN Vietnam
136 Viossa (Vilant) Viossa vp_vl qpv_QP Constructed language
137 ייִדיש (אשכנזיש יידן) Yiddish yi_de yid_IL Russia (Jewish Autonomous Oblast), Germany, Israel, United States, various European nations.
138 Yorùbá (Nàìjíríà) Yoruba yo_ng yor_NG Nigeria
139 26 简体中文 (中国大陆) Chinese Simplified (Chinese Mainland; Mandarin[note 4]) zh_cn zho-Hans_CN[note 5] Chinese Mainland, Singapore, Malaysia
140 繁體中文 (香港特別行政區) Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong SAR)[note 6] zh_hk zho-Hant_HK Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR
141 27 繁體中文 (台灣) Chinese Traditional (Taiwan; Mandarin[note 7]) zh_tw zho-Hant_TW[note 8] Taiwan
142 بهاس ملايو (مليسيا) Malay (Jawi) zlm_arab zlm-Arab_MY Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Notes

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  1. a b pronounced wund rykes /ˈwʌnd ˈɹaɪ̯ks/
  2. In other words, only Germanic etymology. See Linguistic purism in English on Wikipedia. Note that the exception is made for words in Mojang's glossary that have non-English morphemes, such as prismarine (which has Greco-Latin roots) and netherite (which has the -ite suffix of Greek origin).
  3. Specifically, the Van Ophuijsen Speling System used until 1947, not to be confused with the Republican Spelling System, also known as Soewandi Spelling, which was in use from 1947 until 1972.
  4. Written Standard Mandarin only. This does not include other Chinese languages with Simplified Han script/Chinese character writing systems (such as written Mindong, Puxian, Hokkien, Hakka, Wu, and Cantonese).
  5. de facto cmn-Hans_CN. Does not include other non-Mandarin Chinese languages including cdo-Hans_CN, cpx-Hans_CN, nan-Hans_CN, hak-Hans_CN, wuu-Hans_CN, yue-Hans_CN.
  6. Hong Kong Chinese use Cantonese for pronounciation-based translations/transliterations but with a Cantonese–Mandarin mixed Chinese written language, instead of only using either written Cantonese or written Mandarin.
  7. Written Taiwanese Mandarin, not Taiwanese Hokkien/Taigi which is often referred to as Taiwanese. This also does not include other Chinese languages spoken in Taiwan and written with Traditional Han script/Chinese character writing systems, such as Hakka and Mindong.
  8. de facto cmn-Hant_TW. Does not include cdo-Hant_TW, hak-Hant_TW, nan-Hant_TW.

The table above includes the following constructed languages:

  • Anglish: a language based on modern English but with all non-Anglo-Saxon loanwords removed;
  • Esperanto: an international language now estimated to be spoken by about 2,000,000 people worldwide;
  • Ido: a language derived from Esperanto;
  • Interslavic: an auxiliary language based on Slavic languages created to facilitate communication between Slavs;
  • Klingon: an alien language from Star Trek, devised by linguist Marc Okrand;
  • Lojban: a logical language created by the Logical Language Group;
  • Quenya: one of the Elvish languages devised by J.R.R. Tolkien;
  • Toki Pona: a philosophical language created by Sonja Lang, known for having a limited lexicon of around 120 words;
  • Viossa: a language created by r/conlangs to simulate the conditions of naturalistic pidgin formation.

Java Edition is also available in the following joke "languages":

  • LOLCAT: English written in the way a stereotypical Lolcat talks;
  • Pirate Speak: English written in the way a stereotypical pirate talks;
  • Shakespearean English: English based on the literary style of William Shakespeare;
  • Upside down English.

Translating

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Main article: Crowdin

Java Edition and the Minecraft Launcher are translated in Crowdin. Anyone can join and suggest translations, and the proofreaders decide if the translation is good or not.

Main article: Font
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm
Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
` ! @ # $ £  % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = ~ [ ] { } | \ : ; " ' , < > . ? /

Minecraft's default font Mojangles is made up of a grid of dots. Each character supported by the font is between 1 and 6 dots wide. All ASCII characters between 32 (space) and 126 (~) are five dots wide, with the following exceptions:

ASCII codepoint Character Width (dots)
32 space 3
33 ! 1
34 " 3
39 ' 1
40 ( 3
41 ) 3
42 * 3
44 , 1
46 . 1
58 : 1
59 ; 1
60 < 4
62 > 4
64 @ 6
73 I 3
91 [ 3
93 ] 3
96 ` 2
102 f 4
105 i 1
107 k 4
108 l 2
116 t 3
123 { 3
124 | 1
125 } 3
126 ~ 6

The space between characters is one dot wide.

Many glyphs are supported by the Minecraft font, but not all of them. GNU Unifont is used for several languages that use detailed characters, like Chinese or Tamil. See Resource Pack#Legacy Unicode.

Differences between English variants

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The names of features sometimes differ between variants of English. The table below describes these differences. (Note: This table excludes Anglish, English (Upside Down), LOLCAT, Pirate Speak, and Shakespearean English.)

Feature English variant
American
(default)
Canadian Australian New Zealand British
Blocks
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Cake with candle
Cake with Candle Candle Cake Cake with Candle
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Dragon Head
Dragon Head Ender Dragon Head Dragon Head
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Packed Ice
Packed Ice Compressed Ice
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Potted Azalea
Potted Azalea Potted Azalea Bush Potted Azalea
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Potted Dead Bush
Potted Dead Bush Dead Potted Bush Potted Dead Bush Dead Potted Bush
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Melon
Melon Watermelon Melon
Items
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Gold Nugget
Gold Nugget Golden Nugget
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Baked Potato
Baked Potato Jacket Potato
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Beetroot
Beetroot Beet Beetroot
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Beetroot Seeds
Beetroot Seeds Beet Seeds Beetroot Seeds
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Beetroot Soup
Beetroot Soup Beet Soup Beetroot Soup
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Chainmail Boots
Chainmail Boots Mail Boots Chainmail Boots
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Chainmail Chestplate
Chainmail Chestplate Mail Chestplate Chainmail Chestplate
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Chainmail Helmet
Chainmail Helmet Mail Helmet Chainmail Helmet
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Chainmail Leggings
Chainmail Leggings Mail Leggings Chainmail Leggings
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Cooked Chicken
Cooked Chicken Roast Chicken
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Cooked Mutton
Cooked Mutton Roast Lambchops Cooked Mutton
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Cookie
Cookie Biscuit
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Glistering Melon Slice
Glistering Melon Slice Glistering Watermelon Slice Glistering Melon Slice
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Leather Helmet
Leather Cap Leather Hat
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Leather Leggings
Leather Pants Leather Trousers
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Melon Seeds
Melon Seeds Watermelon Seeds Melon Seeds
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Melon Slice
Melon Slice Watermelon Slice Melon Slice
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Raw Mutton
Raw Mutton Raw Lambchops Raw Mutton
Biomes
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Savanna
Savanna Savannah
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Savanna Plateau
Savanna Plateau Savannah Plateau
Enchantments
Channeling Channeling Channelling
Advancements/Achievements
Mob Kabob Mob Kabob Mob Kebab Mob Kabob
Advancement Descriptions
Careful Restoration Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds Make a Decorated Pot out of four Pottery Sherds Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds
Sticky Situation Jump into a Honey Block to break your fall Jump against a Honey Block to slow down your fall Jump into a Honey Block to break your fall
Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition Step foot in a Trial Chamber Set foot in a Trial Chamber Step foot in a Trial Chamber
Total Beelocation Move a Bee Nest or Beehive, with 3 Bees inside, using Silk Touch Move a Bee Nest or Beehive, with three Bees inside, using Silk Touch Move a Bee Nest or Beehive, with 3 Bees inside, using Silk Touch
General
Armor Armour
Chiseled Chiselled
Gray Grey
Behavior Behaviour
Sulfur Sulphur
Learned Learnt Learned
Music Box Musical Box
while whilst
Whirs Whirrs
Words ending in ise/ize -ize -ise
Debug Option Warning [...], or eat your pet rock. [...], or provoke nearby house hippos. [...] or cause your fans to sound like a didgeridoo in a dust storm. [...] or make your computer start speaking fluent Kiwi and calling you 'bro'. [...] or cause your cookie to turn into a 'biscuit'.
Baby Pig in captions Baby Pig Piglet

History

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Java Edition

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Number of language additions and removals
Java Edition
Version Added Removed Total
Release Snapshot
1.1 11w49a 35 36
12w01a 17 3 50
(1.1 release) 6 56
1.2.1 12w05a 1 57
12w07a 1 58
1.3.1 12w21b 3 61
1.5 13w02a 2 1 62
1.7.2 13w38c 4 ? 66
1.7.4 3 ? 69
1.7.10 1 ? 70
1.8 1 71
1.9 13 84
1.9.2 25 April 2016 2 86
1.10 4 90
1.11 1 91
1.12 2 1 92
1.13 19 111
1.13.1 4 115
1.14.3 1.14.3-pre3 2 117
1.15 19w34a 1 118
1.17 21w03a 7 111
21w16a 2 113
1.17.1 1.17.1-pre2 1 3 111
1.18 21w38a 2 113
1.18.2 22w03a 1 114
1.19 1.19-pre4 1 115
1.19.3 22w43a 2 117
1.20 (1.20 release) 2 119
1.20.1 1.20.1-rc1 1 128
1.20.5 1.20.5-pre1 1 129
1.21.1 1.21.1-rc1 2 131
1.21.2 24w38a 1 132
1.21.4 1.21.4-rc1 1 133
1.21.5 25w04a 1 134
1.21.6 (1.21.6 release) 2 136
1.21.9 25w35a 1 137
26.2 snap4 2 139
snap6 3 142
Java Edition Classic
0.0.2aThe first publicly released version of Minecraft was released in American English; no other languages were included.
Java Edition
1.111w49aAdded Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Canadian English, British English, Argentinian Spanish, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, Canadian French, European French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Russian, Slovanian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese Simplified (Chinese Mainland; Mandarin[note 1]), Maltese.
12w01aAdded Afrikaans, Arabic, Catalan, Greek, Pirate English, Venezuelan Spanish, Basque, Georgian, Latvian, Malay, Romanian, Slovak, Serbian (Cyrillic), Thai, Klingon, Ukrainian, Chinese Traditional (Taiwan; Mandarin[note 2]).
Removed Latin American Spanish, Maltese, Austrian German​[more information needed].
releaseAdded Mexican Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish, Galician, Hindi, Quenya (Form of Elvish from Lord of the Rings), Vietnamese.
1.2.112w05aAdded Esperanto.
12w07aRe-added Maltese.
1.3.112w21bAdded Australian English, Irish, Indonesian.
1.513w02aAdded Cornish, Norwegian Bokmål.
1.7.213w38cAdded Armenian, Latin, Luxembourgish, Occitan.
releaseAdded Persian, Filipino.
1.7.4Added Asturian, Low German, Valencian, Manx.
1.7.10Added Azerbaijani, Māori.
1.8Added Northern Sami.
1.9Added Belarusian (Cyrillic), Breton, New Zealand English, Faroese, Frisian, Lojban, Kölsch/Ripuarian, Limburgish, LOLCAT, Macedonian, Somali, Albanian, Talossan.
1.9.2Added Upside down British English, Scottish Gaelic.
1.10Allgovian German, Austrian German, Hawaiian, Mongolian.
1.11?Added Ido.
1.13? Added Shakespearean English.
18w15aAdded Swiss German, Igbo, Yoruba, Kabyle.
18w16aAdded Bosnian, Chilean Spanish, Kannada, Flemmish Dutch, Tamil.
pre1Added Venetian.
pre3Added Elfdalian, Upper Saxon German, Silesian.
pre5Added Anglish, Ojibwe.
1.13.1pre1Added Brabantian.
pre2Added Nuu-chah-nulth.
release Added East Franconian, Tatar, Mohawk.
1.1418w48aAdded Bavarian, Kazakh.
1.14.3pre3Added Bashkir, Gothic.
1.1519w34aAdded Yiddish.
1.15.1pre1Added Sicilian, Tagalog.
1.1620w07aAdded Andalusian, Interslavic, Ecuadorian Spanish.
1.1721w03aRemoved Gothic, Kabyle, Māori, Mohawk, Nuu-chah-nulth, Ojibwe, Talossan.
21w16a Added Russian (Pre-revolutionary), Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong SAR)[note 3].
1.17.1pre2Added Literary Chinese.
Removed Manx, Sicilian, Allgovian German.
1.1821w38aAdded Lombard, Toki Pona.
1.18.222w03aAdded Friulian.
1.19pre4Added Malay (Jawi).
1.19.322w43aAdded Nahuatl, Rusyn.
1.20 Added Lao, Yakut.
1.20.1rc1Added Serbian (Latin).
1.20.5pre1 Added Viossa.
1.21.1rc1 Added Belarusian (Latin), Tzotzil.
1.21.224w38aAdded High Norwegian.
1.21.4rc1Added Popoloca.
1.21.525w04aAdded Kyrgyz.
1.21.6 Added Cantabrian, Indonesian (Pre-reform)[note 4].
1.21.925w35aAdded Halychian.
26.2snap4Added Swiss French and Chuvash.
snap6Added Gallo, Uzbek, and Võro.
  1. Written Standard Mandarin only. This does not include other Chinese languages with Simplified Han script/Chinese character writing systems (such as written Mindong, Puxian, Hokkien, Hakka, Wu, and Cantonese).
  2. Written Taiwanese Mandarin, not Taiwanese Hokkien/Taigi which is often referred to as Taiwanese. This also does not include other Chinese languages spoken in Taiwan and written with Traditional Han script/Chinese character writing systems, such as Hakka and Mindong.
  3. Hong Kong Chinese use Cantonese for pronounciation-based translations/transliterations but with a Cantonese–Mandarin mixed Chinese written language, instead of only using either written Cantonese or written Mandarin.
  4. Specifically, the Van Ophuijsen Speling System used until 1947, not to be confused with the Republican Spelling System, also known as Soewandi Spelling, which was in use from 1947 until 1972.

Removed languages

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Java Edition
Name Language Locale code Official language in Added in Removed in Reason
Español (Latinoamérica) Latin American Spanish es_419 Latin America and the Caribbean 11w49a (1.1) 12w01a (1.1) Split into Argentinian, Mexican, Venezuelan, Uruguayan Spanish translations.
Norsk (Bokmål) Norwegian nb_NO Norway 11w49a (1.1) 13w02a (1.5) [verify] Replaced by 'Norsk' (no_NO).
Gutrazda Gothic got Obsolete language; has a revival moment. 1.14.3-pre3 (1.14.3) 21w03a (1.17) Massive amount of untranslated strings (especially in Talossan, which is almost completely untranslated).
Taqbaylit Kabyle kab_dz Algeria (Kabylia) 18w15a (1.13)
Te Reo Māori Māori mi_nz New Zealand 1.7.10
Kanien’kéha Mohawk moh_ca Canada, United States 1.13.1
Nuučaan̓uł Nuu-chah-nulth nuk Pacific Northwest Coast (Canada) 1.13.1-pre2 (1.13.1)
Ojibwemowin Ojibwe oji Canada: Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia
United States: Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana
1.13-pre5 (1.13)
Talossan Talossan tzl_tzl Constructed language (Talossa) 1.9
Gaelg (Mannin) Manx gv_im Isle of Man 1.7.4 1.17.1-pre2 (1.17.1) Potential amount of untranslated strings.
Sicilianu Sicilian scn Sicily, Calabria 1.15.1-pre1 (1.15.1)
Oschdallgaierisch Allgovian German swg Germany 1.10

File history

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Java Edition Beta
1.0 Added language files. Their names take the format of "en_US.lang".
To define translations, they used "[translation key]=[translation]".
Java Edition
1.6.113w16aAll language files except en_US.lang were removed from the jar.
13w26aen_US.lang is now located in the assets/minecraft/lang folder instead of the lang folder of the jar.
1.1116w32aChanged name format to "en_us.lang".
1.1318w02aLanguages now use JSON, and use "en_us.json".
1.19.322w42aLanguage files are no longer tied to the game version now, which means old strings are still reserved in the language while new strings get added from time to time so that the old versions can still receive changes with translations. However, versions prior to 1.19.3 can no longer receive changes with the language file.
1.19.423w07aen_us.json is now sorted alphanumerically by key.

Bedrock Edition

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Number of language additions and removals
Pocket Edition
Version Added Removed Total
Release Build
v0.11.0 build 1 13 13
v0.12.1 1 14
v0.15.0 1 15
1.0.3 alpha 1.0.3.0 1 16
1.1.0 alpha 1.1.0.0 13 29
Pocket Edition Alpha
demoThe demo was released in American English; no other languages were included.
v0.11.0build 1Added German, European Spanish, Canadian French, European French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese Simplified (Chinese Mainland; Mandarin[note 1]).
v0.12.1Added Mexican Spanish.
v0.15.0Added British English.
Pocket Edition
1.0.3build 1 Added Dutch.
  1. Written Standard Mandarin only. This does not include other Chinese languages with Simplified Han script/Chinese character writing systems (such as written Mindong, Puxian, Hokkien, Hakka, Wu, and Cantonese).

Upcoming languages

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Upcoming and still-in-progress translations are listed on the official Minecraft translation project page.

Issues

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  • Minecraft doesn't support combining characters, leading to some characters displaying improperly, e.g. diacritics appear as a separate character in some languages like Thai‌[JE only][1], Hindi, Tamil, Hebrew, or Yiddish.[2]
  • Splash texts are not translated and therefore always show up in English regardless of language setting.
    • Custom (not just translated) splash texts can be added using a resource pack.
  • Minecraft's language option is only for text display. In some languages (such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and so on) players cannot input text in their languages. This is because Minecraft doesn't support the input method of the language. Some users can still use mods that support it.
    • Alternative language input was partially resolved in 14w34c and 15w43a when MC-2781 was fixed, but still is not functional for all systems.
    • Because 17w43a upgrades LWJGL, the issue is basically resolved.[3]
    • Because 1.20-pre5 upgrades Unifont, almost all CJK characters can be displayed properly now.
  • Right-to-left text is displayed in reverse in input boxes.[4]

Issues relating to "Language" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

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  • The five most-spoken languages that are not supported in Minecraft are Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Punjabi, and Urdu, all of which have more than 70 million native speakers and are primarily spoken in South Asia.[5] The most-spoken non-Asian language that is not supported is Hausa, with 54 million native speakers.
  • It is possible to add a custom language pack by modifying the minecraft.jar file, or, as of 13w16a, copying it to the assets/lang folder. In 1.6.1 (Java Edition 13w24a), this functionality was added to resource packs.
  • All language files can be found in the same way as sound files (except the en_us.json file, where it is found on client.jar instead.)

Gallery

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Screenshots

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Development images

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References

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  1. MCPE-166005
  2. MC-159657
  3. A comment in MC-2781.
  4. MC-204825 and MC-268231.
  5. Variants of Arabic and Chinese are usually considered different languages by linguists, and therefore could also be considered to be unsupported languages.

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