The choice of languages is a feature that was introduced in weekly snapshot 11w49a and will be added in Minecraft 1.1.0. 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 :
Version
Added
Removed
Total
Notes
11w49a
36
-
36
12w01a
18
4
50
Available languages
As of weekly snapshot 12w01a , there are 50 languages, which are, in alphabetical order :
#
Name
Language
Official language in
Added in
1
Afrikaans
Afrikaans
South Africa
12w01a (1.1.0)
2
الالعةالعربية
Arabic
Near and Middle East
12w01a (1.1.0)
3
Английски
Bulgarian
Bulgaria
12w01a (1.1.0)
4
Català
Catalan
Andorra
12w01a (1.1.0)
5
Čeština
Czech
Czech Republic
11w49a (1.1.0)
6
Cymraeg
Welsh
Wales
11w49a (1.1.0)
7
Dansk
Danish
Denmark , Faroe Islands.
11w49a (1.1.0)
8
Deutsch
German
Germany , Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Belgium.
11w49a (1.1.0)
9
Αγγλικά
Greek
Greece , Cyprus.
12w01a (1.1.0)
10
English (UK)
British English
Great Britain
11w49a (1.1.0)
11
English (Ca)
Canadian English
Canada
11w49a (1.1.0)
12
Pirate Speak
Pirate English
None (Web language)
12w01a (1.1.0)
13
English (US)
American English
USA
11w49a (1.1.0)
14
Español (Ar)
Argentinian Spanish
Argentina
11w49a (1.1.0)
15
Español (Es)
Spanish
Spain
11w49a (1.1.0)
16
Español (Ve)
Venezuelan Spanish
Venezuela
12w01a (1.1.0)
17
Eesti
Estonian
Estonia
11w49a (1.1.0)
18
Ingelera
Basque
France and Spain (Basque Country)
12w01a (1.1.0)
19
Suomi
Finnish
Finland
11w49a (1.1.0)
20
Français (Ca)
Canadian French
Canada (Québec)
11w49a (1.1.0)
21
Français (Fr)
French
France , Belgium, Monaco, Switzerland, ....
11w49a (1.1.0)
22
עברית
Hebrew
Israel
11w49a (1.1.0)
23
Hrvatski
Croatian
Croatia
11w49a (1.1.0)
24
български
Bulgarian
Bulgaria , Bosnia and Herzegovina
11w49a (1.1.0)
25
Enska
Icelandic
Iceland
11w49a (1.1.0)
26
Italiano
Italian
Italy , Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City State.
11w49a (1.1.0)
27
日本語
Japanese
Japan
11w49a (1.1.0)
28
ქართული
Georgian
Georgia
12w01a (1.1.0)
29
한국어
Korean
North & South Korea
11w49a (1.1.0)
30
Latviešu
Lettonian
Latvia
12w01a (1.1.0)
31
Lietuvių
Lithuanian
Lithuania
11w49a (1.1.0)
32
Bahala Malaysia
Malay
Malaysia
12w01a (1.1.0)
33
Norsk Bokmål
Norwegian
Norway
11w49a (1.1.0)
34
Nederlands
Dutch
Netherlands , Belgium, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Suriname.
11w49a (1.1.0)
35
Norsk Nynorsk
Norwegian
Norway
11w49a (1.1.0)
36
Polski
Polish
Poland
11w49a (1.1.0)
37
Português (Br)
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazil
11w49a (1.1.0)
38
Portuguese (Po)
Portuguese
Portugal , Angola, Mozambique, ....
11w49a (1.1.0)
39
Engleză
Romanian
Romania
12w01a (1.1.0)
40
Pусский
Russian
Russia , Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, ....
11w49a (1.1.0)
41
Slovenčina
Slovak
Slovakia
12w01a (1.1.0)
42
Slovenščina
Slovenian
Slovenia
11w49a (1.1.0)
43
Srpski
Serbian
Serbia , Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
12w01a (1.1.0)
44
Svenska
Swedish
Sweden , Finland.
11w49a (1.1.0)
45
ภาษาไทย
Thai
Thailand
12w01a (1.1.0)
46
tera'
Klingon
Fictive (Star Trek)
12w01a (1.1.0)
47
Türkçe
Turkish
Turkey , Cyprus.
11w49a (1.1.0)
48
Англiйська
Ukrainian
Ukraine , Transnistria.
12w01a (1.1.0)
49
简体中文
Chinese (Simplified)
China , Singapore.
11w49a (1.1.0)
50
繁體中文
Chinese (Traditional)
China , Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau.
12w01a (1.1.0)
Upcoming languages
This is a list of all the upcoming languages that are listed on the official Minecraft translation project page :
English (Australian)
Hindi
Irish
Quenya
Spanish (Mexican & Uruguayan)
Vietnamese
Removed languages
Name
Language
Official language in
Added in
Removed in
Deutsch (Ös)
Austrian German
Austria
11w49a (1.1.0)
12w01a (1.1.0)
Español (La)
Latino-American Spanish
South America
11w49a (1.1.0)
12w01a (1.1.0)
Magyar
Hungarian
Hungary
11w49a (1.1.0)
12w01a (1.1.0)
Malti
Maltese
Malta
11w49a (1.1.0)
12w01a (1.1.0)
Bugs
Currently there is a bug with the Arabic and Hebrew translations that makes all the letters appear in the reverse order, probably due to these languages being right-to-left languages.
Inaccuracy
It says "Англійська (Україна)", but it has to be "Українська (Україна)", Because the first one means "English (Ukraine)".
Trivia
Minecraft is available in Klingon (Klingon language from Star Trek ) and will soon be available in Quenya (Elvish language from Lord of the Rings ).