Language

The choice of languages is a feature that was introduced in weekly snapshot 11w49a and officially released in Minecraft 1.1. The language menu is accessible via a new button in the main menu to the left of the options button, and from the options menu.

Previously, language packs were needed in order to change the in game language. Language packs are obsolete, due to the official implementation of other languages. If you wish to use language packs on 1.0.0 and earlier, Visit this link on the Minecraft Forums for a comprehensive language packs guide.

History
Here is a table that summarizes the modifications of languages through the updates :

Available languages
As of version 1.1, there are 56 languages, which are, in the order they appear in in the menu :

Upcoming languages
This is a list of all the upcoming languages that are listed on the official Minecraft translation project page :


 * English (Australian)
 * Hungarian
 * Indonesian
 * Irish
 * Sindarin
 * Esperanto

Bugs & Inaccuracy

 * Some languages use Unicode fonts when they should not (example: Spanish doesn't, but French does, but it could perfectly use the standard font as it contains all french characters).
 * In 12w04a, the Afrikaans singleplayer button contained an expletive. Jeb has apologised for not reviewing the submissions since.
 * Arabic is a language that is always written with connected letters, however, in Minecraft the letters do not connect (e.g. "اللغة العربية" is written like "ا ل ل غ ة ا ل ع ر ب ي ة")
 * If you choose Spanish (MX), Clicking Options, then Controls will crash the game. You must delete your options.txt or else the crashing will continue.
 * In some languages, the text is too long and overfills the button it is written on.
 * Splash texts are not translated and therefore will show up in English.
 * In Canadian English, the "Benchmarking" achievement description is bugged. Also, Gray and Light Gray Wool spell the word "Grey (English spelling)", but the dye spells it "Gray".
 * Power and punch enchantments on bows have the name of the similar sword enchantment when using Canadian English
 * Many Turkish translations contain obscenities, which were contributed by trolls.
 * There are some critical mistakes in some of the aTranslations, like Hebrew.
 * The UK English and Canadian English use the other languages code.
 * I.E: Name = Canadian English, Language code = en_GB and vice versa.


 * In Pirate, the "Industrious now, aren't we?" (Make a crafting table) achievement has a 'n' on the end.
 * Hebrew is titled as "אנגלית" (English). It should be "עברית" (Hebrew).
 * When Bulgarian is selected the text beneath is in Hungarian, what was removed for unknown reason.
 * UK English spells 'Connection lost' as 'Connextion lost'
 * In 12w05b When saving the world the "saving chunks" will show up (tested Chinese "both versions" and in Vietnamese)
 * In the Canadian English translation in snapshot 12w06a, some items names have been tampered with. Examples include: Snowball (Weapon of Mass Destruction); Diamond Boots, ay; and Snow block (Igloo material).
 * In the Canadian English translation in snapshot 12w07a/12w07b, Multiplayer is replaced with "Go Camping with your Buddies, Eh?"
 * Also, the "inventory" text says "inventory, eh" in Canadian English and the "Delicious Fish"achievement says 'slammin salmon.'
 * After changing language to Korean, and changing back to English, the Korean words for 'A.M.' and 'P.M.' remain Korean (although you changed back into English) on the Select World Screen. They still remain Korean even after you restart Minecraft.
 * In Turkish, the achievement "Use a book, obsidian and diamonds to construct an enchantment table" is translated as "Bir kitap, obsidyen ve elması bir büyüleme masası oluşturmak için kullan" which is basically: "A penis, a vagina and a spell were used to create a table." PLEASE NOTE: This does sound stupid and it does seem like vandalism but it was reported here
 * In Quenya, the translation for lever is "Mechanical Penis."

Trivia

 * Minecraft is available in three fictive languages : Klingon (Klingon language from Star Trek), Pirate (Internet language) and Quenya (Elvish language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien ).
 * In Pirate speak, Gold Boots are called "Buttershoes." This is a reference to Seananners, a well known YouTube personality who ran a Minecraft series.