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.

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

 * 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 letter 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.

- Also, the "inventory" text says "inventory, eh" in Canadian English.
 * 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?"

Trivia

 * Minecraft is available in three fictive languages : Klingon (Klingon language from Star Trek), Pirate (Internet language) and Quenya (Elvish language from Lord of the Rings).
 * In Pirate speak, Gold Boots are called "Buttershoes", a reference to Seananners, a well known YouTube personality that ran a Minecraft series.

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