Language

The language settings in Java Edition.

The language settings in Bedrock Edition.

The language, accessible in options, enables the selection of languages outside of the system default. Most are real, however some, such as LOLCAT and Shakespearean English, are intended as jokes.

Languages

Note: Languages in gray background indicate "joke" languages.

Available languages Collapse

Number		Name in the game	Language (in English)	Locale code		Official language in	Added in
JE	BE			In-game	ISO 639-3		JE	BE
1	–	Afrikaans (Suid-Afrika)	Afrikaans	af_za	afr_ZA	South Africa, Namibia	12w01a (1.1)	–
2	–	العربية (العالم العربي)	Arabic	ar_sa	ara_SA	Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zanzibar (Tanzania), Cyprus, Israel, Mali, Niger, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa	12w01a (1.1)	–
3	–	Asturianu (Asturies)	Asturian	ast_es	ast_ES	Spain (Asturias)	1.7.4	–
4	–	Azərbaycanca (Azərbaycan)	Azerbaijani	az_az	aze_AZ	Azerbaijan, Russia (Dagestan)	1.7.10	–
5	–	Башҡортса (Башҡортостан, Рәсәй)	Bashkir	ba_ru	bak_RU	Russia (Bashkortostan)	1.14.3-pre3 (1.14.3)	–
6	–	Boarisch (Bayern)	Bavarian	bar	bar_DE	Germany (Bavaria), Austria, Italy (South Tyrol)	18w48a (1.14)	–
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	1.9	–
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	1.21.1-rc1 (1.21.1)	–
9	23	Български (България)	Bulgarian	bg_bg	bul_BG	Bulgaria, Albania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine	11w49a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
10	–	Brezhoneg (Breizh)	Breton	br_fr	bre_FR	France (Brittany)	1.9	–
11	–	Braobans (Braobant)	Brabantian	brb	qbr_NL	Belgium (Province of Brabant), Netherlands (North Brabant)	1.13.1-pre1 (1.13.1)	–
12	–	Bosanski (Bosna i Hercegovina)	Bosnian	bs_ba	bos_BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Kosovo	18w16a (1.13)	–
13	–	Català (Catalunya)	Catalan	ca_es	cat_ES	Andorra, Spain (Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencian Community), French (Northern Catalonia, Occitania), Spain (Aragon, Region of Murcia)	12w01a (1.1)	–
14	21	Čeština (Česko)	Czech	cs_cz	ces_CZ	Czech Republic, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia	11w49a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
15	–	Cymraeg (Cymru)	Welsh	cy_gb	cym_GB	United Kingdom (Wales), Argentina (Chubut Province)	11w49a (1.1)	–
16	2	Dansk (Danmark)	Danish	da_dk	dan_DK	Kingdom of Denmark, Germany	11w49a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
17	–	Deitsch (Österreich)	Austrian German	de_at	bar_AT	Austria	1.10	–
18	–	Schwiizerdutsch (Schwiiz)	Swiss German	de_ch	gsw_CH	Switzerland, Liechtenstein	18w15a (1.13)	–
19	3	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)	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
20	22	Ελληνικά (Ελλάδα)	Greek	el_gr	ell_GR	Greece, Cyprus.	12w01a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
21	–	English (Australia)	Australian English	en_au	eng_AU	Australia	12w21b (1.3.1)	–
22	–	English (Canada)	Canadian English	en_ca	eng_CA	Canada	11w49a (1.1)	–
23	4	English (United Kingdom)	British English	en_gb	eng_GB	Great Britain, India, Singapore, Ireland...	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.15.0
24	–	English (New Zealand)	New Zealand English	en_nz	eng_NZ	New Zealand	1.9	–
25	–	Pirate Speak (The Seven Seas)	Pirate English	en_pt	qpe	The Seven Seas	12w01a (1.1)	–
26	–	ɥsᴉꞁᵷuƎ (uʍoᗡ ǝpᴉsd∩)	Upside down British English	en_ud	eng-Qabs_GB	(none)	1.9.2	–
27	5	English (US)	American English	en_us	en_us	United States	0.0.2a	Pre-release
28	–	Anglish (Oned Riches)	Modern English minus borrowed words	enp	qep	Oned Riches	1.13-pre5 (1.13)	–
29	–	Shakespearean English (Kingdom of England)	Early Modern English	enws	qes	Kingdom of England	? (1.13)	–
30	–	Esperanto (Esperantujo)	Esperanto	eo_uy	epo	Constructed language (international)	12w05a (1.2.1)	–
31	–	Español (Argentina)	Argentinian Spanish	es_ar	spa_AR	Argentina	11w49a (1.1)	–
32	–	Español (Chile)	Chilean Spanish	es_cl	spa_CL	Chile	18w16a (1.13)	–
33	–	Español (Ecuador)	Ecuadorian Spanish	es_ec	spa_EC	Ecuador	20w22a (1.16)	–
34	6	Español (España)	European Spanish	es_es	spa_ES	Spain, Equatorial Guinea	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
35	7	Español (México)	Mexican Spanish	es_mx	spa_MX	Mexico	1.1	Alpha v0.12.1
36	–	Español (Uruguay)	Uruguayan Spanish	es_uy	spa_UY	Uruguay	1.1	–
37	–	Español (Venezuela)	Venezuelan Spanish	es_ve	spa_VE	Venezuela	12w01a (1.1)	–
38	–	Andalûh (Andaluçía)	Andalusian	esan	spa_ES-AN	Spain (Andalusia), Ceuta, Melilla, Gibraltar	20w07a (1.16)	–
39	–	Eesti (Eesti)	Estonian	et_ee	est_EE	Estonia	11w49a (1.1)	–
40	–	Euskara (Euskal Herria)	Basque	eu_es	eus_ES	Basque Country (Spain)	12w01a (1.1)	–
41	–	فارسی (ایران)	Persian	fa_ir	fas_IR	Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan	1.7.2	–
42	18	Suomi (Suomi)	Finnish	fi_fi	fin_FI	Finland	11w49a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
43	–	Filipino (Pilipinas)	Filipino	fil_ph	fil_PH	Philippines	1.7.2	–
44	–	Føroyskt (Føroyar)	Faroese	fo_fo	fao_FO	Faroe Islands	1.9	–
45	8	Français (Canada)	Canadian French	fr_ca	fra_CA	Canada	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
46	9	Français (France)	European French	fr_fr	fra_FR	France, Belgium, Monaco, Switzerland,...	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
47	–	Fränggisch (Franggn)	East Franconian	fra_de	vmf_DE	Franconia (Germany)	1.13.1	–
48	–	Furlan (Friûl)	Friulian	fur_it	fur_IT	Italy (Friuli)	22w03a (1.18.2)	–
49	–	Frysk (Fryslân)	Frisian	fy_nl	fry_NL	Netherlands (Friesland)	1.9	–
50	–	Gaeilge (Éire)	Irish	ga_ie	gle_IE	Ireland	12w21b (1.3.1)	–
51	–	Gàidhlig (Alba)	Scottish Gaelic	gd_gb	gla_GB	Scotland, Canada (Nova Scotia)	1.9.2	–
52	–	Galego (Galicia / Galiza)	Galician	gl_es	glg_ES	Galicia (Spain)	1.1	–
53	–	'Ōlelo Hawai'i (Hawai'i)	Hawaiian	haw_us	haw_US	Hawaii	1.10	–
54	–	עברית (ישראל)	Hebrew	he_il	heb_IL	Israel	11w49a (1.1)	–
55	–	हिंदी (भारत)	Hindi	hi_in	hin_IN	India, Fiji	1.1	–
56	–	Høgnorsk (Norig)	High Norwegian	hn_no	qho	Norway	24w38a (1.21.2)	–
57	–	Hrvatski (Hrvatska)	Croatian	hr_hr	hrv_HR	Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina	11w49a (1.1)	–
58	11	Magyar (Magyarország)	Hungarian	hu_hu	hun_HU	Hungary	11w49a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
59	–	Հայերեն (Հայաստան)	Armenian	hy_am	hye_AM	Armenia	13w38c (1.7.2)	–
60	1	Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesia)	Indonesian	id_id	ind_ID	Indonesia	12w21b (1.3.1)	1.1 (build 1)
61	–	Igbo (Naigeria)	Igbo	ig_ng	ibo_NG	Nigeria	18w15a (1.13)	–
62	–	Ido (Idia)	Ido	io_en	ido	Constructed language	? (1.11)	–
63	–	Íslenska (Ísland)	Icelandic	is_is	isl_IS	Iceland	11w49a (1.1)	–
64	–	Medžuslovjansky (Slovjanščina)	Interslavic	isv	qis	Constructed language (Slavic countries)	20w07a (1.16)	–
65	10	Italiano (Italia)	Italian	it_it	ita_IT	Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City State.	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
66	26	日本語 (日本)	Japanese	ja_jp	jpn_JP	Japan	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
67	–	la .lojban. (la jbogu'e)	Lojban	jbo_en	jbo	Constructed language	1.9	–
68	–	ქართული (საქართველო)	Georgian	ka_ge	kat_GE	Georgia	12w01a (1.1)	–
69	–	Қазақша (Қазақстан)	Kazakh	kk_kz	kaz_KZ	Kazakhstan, northern Xinjiang (China), Mongolia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan	18w48a (1.14)	–
70	–	ಕನ್ನಡ (ಭಾರತ)	Kannada	kn_in	kan_IN	India (Karnataka)	18w16a (1.13)	–
71	29	한국어 (대한민국)	Korean	ko_kr	kor_KR	South Korea, North Korea, China (Yanbian Chaoxianzu (Korean) Autonomous Prefecture)	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
72	–	Kölsch/Ripoarisch (Rhingland)	Kölsch/Ripuarian	ksh	ksh_DE	Germany (Rhineland), Belgium, Netherlands	1.9	–
73	–	Kernewek (Kernow)	Cornish	kw_gb	cor_GB	Cornwall (United Kingdom)	13w02a (1.5)	–
74	–	Кыргызча (Кыргызстан)	Kyrgyz	ky_kg	kir_KG	Kyrgyzstan, China (Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture), Uzbekistan, Tajikistan	25w04a (1.21.5)	–
75	–	Latina (Latium)	Latin	la_la	lat_VA	Vatican (no native speakers, was the language of Roman Empire during Antiquity)	13w38c (1.7.2)	–
76	–	Lëtzebuergesch (Lëtzebuerg)	Luxembourgish	lb_lu	ltz_LU	Luxembourg, Germany, France (region), Belgium	13w38c (1.7.2)	–
77	–	Limburgs (Limburg)	Limburgish	li_li	lim_NL	Netherlands, Belgium, Germany	1.9	–
78	–	Lombard (Lombardia)	Lombard	lmo	lmo_IT	Italy (Lombardy, Piedmont, South Tyrol, Trentino), Switzerland (Grisons, Ticino), Brazil (Santa Catarina)	21w38a (1.18)	–
79	–	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)	1.20	–
80	–	LOLCAT (Kingdom of Cats)	LOLCAT	lol_us	qll	The Kingdom of Cats (Web language)	1.9	–
81	–	Lietuvių (Lietuva)	Lithuanian	lt_lt	lit_LT	Lithuania (Lietuva)	11w49a (1.1)	–
82	–	Latviešu (Latvija)	Latvian	lv_lv	lav_LV	Latvia	12w01a (1.1)	–
83	–	文言（華夏）	Literary Chinese	lzh	lzh	Sinosphere (was used as the official formal written language)	1.17.1-pre2 (1.17.1)	–
84	–	Македонски (Северна Македонија)	Macedonian	mk_mk	mkd_MK	North Macedonia	1.9	–
85	–	Монгол (Монгол Улс)	Mongolian	mn_mn	mon_MN	Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia, a.k.a Nei Mongol Autonomous Region)	1.10	–
86	–	Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia)	Malay	ms_my	zlm_MY	Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Cocos (Keeling) Islands	12w01a (1.1)	–
87	–	Malti (Malta)	Maltese	mt_mt	mlt_MT	Malta	12w07a (1.2.1)	–
88	–	Mēxikatlahtōlli (Mēxiko)	Nahuatl	nah	nhe_MX	Mexico, United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Canada	22w43a (1.19.3)	–
89	–	Plattdüütsh (Düütschland)	Low German	nds_de	nds_DE	Germany, Netherlands	1.7.4	–
90	–	Vlaams (België)	Dutch, Flemish	nl_be	nld_BE	Belgium, Netherlands	18w16a (1.13)	–
91	12	Nederlands (Nederland)	Dutch	nl_nl	nld_NL	Netherlands, Belgium, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Suriname.	11w49a (1.1)	1.0.3 (build 1)
92	–	Norsk nynorsk (Noreg)	Norwegian Nynorsk	nn_no	nno_NO	Norway	11w49a (1.1)	–
93	13	Norsk bokmål (Norge)	Norwegian Bokmål	no_no‌ nb_no‌	nob_NO	Norway	13w02a (1.5)	1.1 (build 1)
94	–	Occitan (Occitània)	Occitan	oc_fr	oci_FR	Occitania (Spanish Catalonia, southern France, Italian Piedmont)	13w38c (1.7.2)	–
95	–	Övdalska (Swerre)	Elfdalian	ovd	ovd_SE	Älvdalen (Sweden)	1.13-pre3 (1.13)	–
96	14	Polski (Polska)	Polish	pl_pl	pol_PL	Poland	11w49a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
97	–	Ngiiwa (Ndanìngà)	Popoloca	pls	pls_MX	Puebla (Mexico)	1.21.4-rc1 (1.21.4)	–
98	15	Português (Brasil)	Brazilian Portuguese	pt_br	por_BR	Brazil	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
99	16	Português (Portugal)	European Portuguese	pt_pt	por_PT	Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, ...	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
100	–	Quenya (Arda)	Quenya (Form of Elvish from LOTR)	qya_aa	qya	Constructed language (Lord of the Rings: Aman)	1.1	–
101	–	Română (România)	Romanian	ro_ro	ron_RO	Romania, Moldova, Transnistria	12w01a (1.1)	–
102	–	Русскій дореформенный (Россійская имперія)	Russian (Pre-revolutionary)	rpr	qpr	Russian Empire	21w16a (1.17)	–
103	24	Русский (Россия)	Russian	ru_ru	rus_RU	Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, ....	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
104	–	Руснацькый (Пудкарпатя, Украина)	Rusyn	ry_ua	rue_UA	Serbia (Vojvodina), Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast),	22w43a (1.19.3)	–
105	–	Сахалыы (Cаха Сирэ)	Yakut	sah_sah	sah_RU	Russia (Sakha)	1.20	–
106	–	Davvisámegiella (Sápmi)	Northern Sami	se_no	sme_NO	Norway, Sweden, Finland	1.8	–
107	17	Slovenčina (Slovensko)	Slovak	sk_sk	slk_SK	Slovakia	12w01a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
108	–	Slovenščina (Slovenija)	Slovenian	sl_si	slv_SI	Slovenia	11w49a (1.1)	–
109	–	Af-Soomaali (Soomaaliya)	Somali	so_so	som_SO	Somalia	1.9	–
110	–	Shqip (Shqiperia)	Albanian	sq_al	sqi_AL	Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo	1.9	–
111	–	Srpski (Srbija)	Serbian (Latin)	sr_cs	srp-Latn_RS	Serbia (Kosovo), Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.20.1-rc1 (1.20.1)	–
112	–	Српски (Србија)	Serbian (Cyrillic)	sr_sp	srp-Cyrl_RS	Serbia (Kosovo), Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina	12w01a (1.1)	–
113	19	Svenska (Sverige)	Swedish	sv_se	swe_SE	Sweden, Finland	11w49a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
114	–	Säggs’sch (Saggsn)	Upper Saxon German	sxu	sxu_DE	Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia	1.13-pre3 (1.13)	–
115	–	Ślōnskŏ (Gōrny Ślōnsk)	Silesian	szl	szl_PL	Upper Silesia (Poland)	1.13-pre3 (1.13)	–
116	–	தமிழ் (இந்தியா)	Tamil	ta_in	tam_IN	Sri Lanka, India (Tamil Nadu), Singapore	18w16a (1.13)	–
117	–	ไทย (ประเทศไทย)	Thai	th_th	tha_TH	Thailand	12w01a (1.1)	–
118	–	Tagalog (Pilipinas)	Tagalog	tl_ph	tgl_PH	Philippines	1.15.1-pre1 (1.15.1)	–
119	–	tlhIngan Hol (tlhIngan wo')	Klingon	tlh_aa	tlh	Constructed language (Star Trek: the Klingon Empire)	12w01a (1.1)	–
120	–	toki pona (ma pona)	Toki Pona	tok	tok	Constructed language	21w38a (1.18)	–
121	20	Türkçe (Türkiye)	Turkish	tr_tr	tur_TR	Türkiye, Cyprus	11w49a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
122	–	Татарча (Татарстан, Рәсәй)	Tatar	tt_ru	tat_RU	Tatarstan (Russia)	1.13.1	–
123	–	Bats'i k'op (Jobel)	Tzotzil	tzo_mx	tzo_MX	Chiapas (Mexico)	1.21.1-rc1 (1.21.1)	–
124	25	Українська (Україна)	Ukrainian	uk_ua	ukr_UA	Ukraine, Transnistria.	12w01a (1.1)	1.1 (build 1)
125	–	Català (Valencià) (País Valencià)	Valencian	val_es	cat_ES-VC	Spain	1.7.4	–
126	–	Vèneto (Veneto)	Venetian	vec_it	vec_IT	Italy (Veneto), Slovenia, Croatia	1.13-pre1 (1.13)	–
127	–	Tiếng Việt (Việt Nam)	Vietnamese	vi_vn	vie_VN	Vietnam	1.1	–
128	–	Viossa (Vilant)	Viossa	vp_vl	qpv_QP	Constructed language	1.20.5-pre1 (1.20.5)	–
129	–	ייִדיש (אשכנזיש יידן)	Yiddish	yi_de	yid_IL	Russia (Jewish Autonomous Oblast), Germany, Israel, United States, various European nations.	19w34a (1.15)	–
130	–	Yorùbá (Nàìjíríà)	Yoruba	yo_ng	yor_NG	Nigeria	18w15a (1.13)	–
131	27	简体中文（中国大陆）	Chinese Simplified (Mainland China; Mandarin)	zh_cn	zho-Hans_CN	Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia	11w49a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
132	–	繁體中文（香港特別行政區）	Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong SAR; Mix)	zh_hk	zho-Hant_HK	Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR	21w16a (1.17)	–
133	28	繁體中文（台灣）	Chinese Traditional (Taiwan; Mandarin)	zh_tw	zho-Hant_TW	Taiwan	12w01a (1.1)	Alpha v0.11.0 (build 1)
134	–	بهاس ملايو (مليسيا)	Malay (Jawi)	zlm_arab	zlm-Arab_MY	Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1.19-pre4 (1.19)	–

Notes

The table above includes the following constructed languages:

• Anglish; a language based on modern English but with all non-Anglo-Saxon loanwords removed,
• Esperanto; devised as an international language now estimated to be spoken by about 2,000,000 people worldwide,
• Ido; a language derived from Esperanto,
• Interslavic; a 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 language created by the Logical Language Group,
• Quenya; one of the Elvish languages devised by J.R.R. Tolkien,
• Talossan; a language created for the Talossa micronation. It has been removed in Java Edition 1.17 snapshot 21w03a as its translations were incomplete.
• Toki Pona; a philosophical language created by Sonja Lang. It is known for having a limited lexicon of 120-137 words, though the exact number can fluctuate due to changes proposed/made by its community.
• 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.

History

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

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
1.21.5	25w04a	1	–	133
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

Upcoming languages

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

Removed languages

Austrian German was removed in 12w01a because it was too similar to German, but it has been re-included since 1.10.

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)	Replaced by 'Norsk' (no_NO).
English (South Africa)	South African English	en_za	South Africa	1.10	Before 18w06a	​
Gutrazda	Gothic	got	Obsolete language; has a revival moment.	1.14.3-pre3 (1.14.3)	21w03a (1.17)	Highly significant amount of untranslated strings.
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

[hide]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]".
[hide]Java Edition
1.6.1			13w16a				All language files except en_US.lang were removed from the jar.
			13w26a				en_US.lang is now located in the assets/minecraft/lang folder instead of the lang folder of the jar.
1.11			16w32a				Changed name format to "en_us.lang".
1.13			18w02a				Languages now use JSON, and use "en_us.json".
1.19.3			22w42a				Language 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.
1.19.4			23w07a				en_us.json is now sorted alphanumerically by key.

Translating

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.

Issues

• 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, Hindi, Tamil, Hebrew, or Yiddish.
• 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.
  • 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.

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

Java Edition

• MC-268231 – Right-to-left written languages are typed in reverse in input boxes
• MC-87751 – Unicode characters for some languages aren't displayed correctly (Thai, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, ...)
• MC-157148 – Combining characters do not render correctly, making some languages unusable
• MC-162787 – Language and accessibility buttons in the main menu are no longer faded in when the game is started
• MC-204825 – RTL languages not showing correctly
• MC-274773 – Options menu header is sometimes abbreviated after changing language
• MC-280333 – Text Displays with a translation key in their text field don't update properly when changing language
• MC-153373 – Backwards arrows in subtitles with right-to-left languages
• MC-170355 – Item in /enchant fail feedback is translated to server instead of client language
• MC-178516 – Statistics are not sorted correctly in languages using non-ASCII letters
• And 9 other open issues.

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-101386 – New music disc tooltips use the wrong font when the language is set to English (United Kingdom)
• MCPE-101732 – US date format is used for all languages
• MCPE-105610 – There is one more space in the name of the item "Cobblestone Wall" in some languages
• MCPE-120670 – Glow squid spawn egg name incorrect (russian language)
• MCPE-120682 – Dripstone block name mistake (russian language)
• MCPE-146184 – Incorrect text on sign boards in HINDI language !
• MCPE-148977 – FPS drop when changing languages
• MCPE-155442 – Notification appears in two different languages.
• MCPE-171840 – Hanging signs allow too many characters in languages other than English
• MCPE-177543 – The "Copy to Clipboard" text moves out of place in languages that have long text
• And 3 other open issues.

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.

Trivia

• 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. The most-spoken non-Asian language that is not supported is Hausa, with 54 million native speakers.
• According to the Bedrock Edition chat settings and game files, the name of the font used by the game is called "Mojangles".
• 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

Screenshots

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  Countries and territories colored by whether Minecraft comes in an official language (click "More details" button for more information).

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  Top 20 languages on 4 April 2016.

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  Language selection screen in an earlier version.

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  The world creation screen in Hebrew.

Development images

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  Language selection screenshot.

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  The Arabic language option.

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  The Hebrew language option.

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  Improved Arabic and bidirectional text handling.