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 English)
 * Indonesian
 * Gaeilge (Irish)
 * Sindarin

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).
 * Arabic is written with connected letters, but the letters do not connect (e.g. "اللغة العربية" is written like "ا ل ل غ ة ا ل ع ر ب ي ة") in the translations
 * 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.
 * If you look at Greek it reads Αγγλικά (GR), which means English(Greece). It should say ελληνικά (EL), which means Greek (Greece). This is fixed in 1.3.
 * 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.
 * 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).
 * Hebrew is titled as "אנגלית" (English). It should be "עברית" (Hebrew).
 * In 12w05b When saving the world the "saving chunks" will show up (tested Chinese "both versions" and in Vietnamese)
 * Serbian translation mixes Cyrillic and Latin
 * In the Serbian translation Obsidian is spelled wrong: Obsidijan instead of Opsidijan
 * "Delicious Fish" achievement says 'Slammin Salmon' in Canadian English.
 * 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 Quenya, Tripwire Hook, Tripwire, Kicked for spamming, and Adventure Mode are all in English.
 * Before 1.2.3, Turkish was including trolls (For Example: OFF OFF KÖMÜR GİBİ YANIYORUM! (Oof Oof I am burning like coal (it is a part of a song)) and curses.
 * The Japanese translation for "Potion of Harming" has a "n" in the front.
 * Arabic characters are seperated,even if in the .txt file the characters are unseperated.
 * In Czech, Wooden hoe should be called "Dřevěná motyka" not "Dřevěnná motyka"
 * In Romanian, 'Fire Charge' sticks with the English name.
 * In Finnish, base potions use the word "Taikajuoma" (Potion) twice.
 * In French (CA), The yellow flower should be called "Pissenlit" and the red one, "Rose". End Stone should be "Pierre de la Fin" and Pressure Plate, "Détecteur de Poids". Mushroom Stew should be "Ragoût de Champignons" and Minecart, "Chariot de Mine". Boat should be called "Bateau" and The Chicken Spawn Egg should be "Oeuf de Poulet".

Trivia

 * Minecraft is available in three constructed languages : Klingon (Klingon language from Star Trek), Pirate (Internet language) and Quenya (Elvish language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien ).
 * When using Pirate Speak, golden boots used to be called Buttershoes, a possible nod to YouTube gaming commentator Seananners, because that's what he called them when he got them. This was removed sometime before the 1.2 Preview.
 * In the Canadian English translation in snapshot 12w07a/12w07b, Multiplayer was replaced with "Go Camping with your Buddies, Eh?"
 * In 12w17a the Canadian English translation for "Language translations may not be 100% accurate" is "The dark secret about the creation of minecraft will be revealed".