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{{about|in-game languages|customizing language files|Resource pack#Language|the runic script used by illagers in {{MCD}}|MCD:Illageralt|the villager language in {{MCSM}}|MCSM:Villagerese}}
[[File:Language settings.png|thumb|253x253px|The language settings in ''[[Java Edition]]''.]]
[[File:Ore UI - Settings Screen Menu "Language" Tab (Bedrock).png|thumb|The language settings in ''[[Bedrock Edition]]''.]]
The '''language''', accessible in [[Minecraft:options]]{{only|JE|short=1}} or [[Minecraft:settings]]{{only|BE|short=1}}, enables the selection of languages outside of the system default. Most are real, however some ''Java Edition''-exclusive languages, such as LOLCAT and Shakespearean English, are intended as jokes.

== Languages ==
{{hatnote|1=Note: Languages with a <span style{{=}}"background-color: #ddd;">gray background</span> are "joke" languages.}}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width: 100%" data-description="Current language list"
|+ Available languages
|-
! colspan="2" scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Number
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Name in the game
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Language    (''in English'')
! colspan="2" scope="row" | Locale code
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Official language in... ''(bold)''<br>Native to... ''(unbold)''
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | JE
! data-sort-type="number" | BE
! scope="col" | In-game
! scope="col" | ISO 639-3
|-
| scope="row" | 1
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Afrikaans (Suid-Afrika)
| Afrikaans 
| af_za
| afr_ZA
| '''South Africa''', Namibia
|- 
| scope="row" | 2
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| 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
|-
| scope="row" | 3
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Asturianu (Asturies)
| Asturian
| ast_es
| ast_ES
| Spain (Asturias)
|-
| scope="row" | 4
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Azərbaycanca (Azərbaycan)
| Azerbaijani
| az_az
| aze_AZ
| '''Azerbaijan, Russia (Dagestan)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 5
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Башҡортса (Башҡортостан, Рәсәй)
| Bashkir
| ba_ru
| bak_RU
| '''Russia (Bashkortostan)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 6
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Boarisch (Bayern)
| Bavarian
| bar
| bar_DE
| Germany (Bavaria), Austria, Italy (South Tyrol)
|-
| scope="row" | 7
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| 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
|-
| scope="row" | 8
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| 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
|-
| scope="row" | 9
| scope="row" | 23
| Български (България)
| Bulgarian
| bg_bg
| bul_BG
| '''Bulgaria''', Albania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine 
|-
| scope="row" | 10
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Brezhoneg (Breizh)
| Breton
| br_fr
| bre_FR
| '''France (Brittany)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 11
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Braobans (Braobant)
| Brabantian
| brb
| qbr_NL
| Belgium (Province of Antwerp, Province of Brabant), Netherlands (North Brabant)
|-
| scope="row" | 12
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Bosanski (Bosna i Hercegovina)
| Bosnian
| bs_ba
| bos_BA
| '''Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro''', Serbia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Kosovo
|-
| scope="row" | 13
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Català (Catalunya)
| Catalan
| ca_es
| cat_ES
| '''Andorra, Spain (Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencian Community)''', French (Northern Catalonia, Occitania), Spain (Aragon, Region of Murcia)
|-
| scope="row" | 14
| scope="row" | 21
| Čeština (Česko)
| Czech
| cs_cz
| ces_CZ
| '''Czech Republic''', Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia
|-
| scope="row" | 15
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Cymraeg (Cymru)
| Welsh
| cy_gb
| cym_GB
| '''United Kingdom (Wales)''', Argentina (Chubut Province)
|-
| scope="row" | 16
| scope="row" | 2
| Dansk (Danmark)
| Danish
| da_dk
| dan_DK
| '''Kingdom of Denmark''', Germany
|-
| scope="row" | 17
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Deitsch (Österreich)
| Austrian German
| de_at
| bar_AT
| Austria
|-
| scope="row" | 18
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Schwiizerdutsch (Schwiiz)
| Swiss German
| de_ch
| gsw_CH
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein 
|-
| scope="row" | 19
| scope="row" | 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)
|-
| scope="row" | 20
| scope="row" | 22
| Ελληνικά (Ελλάδα)
| Greek
| el_gr
| ell_GR
| '''Greece''', Cyprus
|-
| scope="row" | 21
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| English (Australia)
| Australian English
| en_au
| eng_AU
| '''Australia'''
|-
| scope="row" | 22
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| English (Canada)
| Canadian English
| en_ca
| eng_CA
| '''Canada'''
|-
| scope="row" | 23
| scope="row" | 4
| English (United Kingdom)
| British English
| en_gb
| eng_GB
| '''Great Britain''', India, Singapore, Ireland...
|-
| scope="row" | 24
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| English (New Zealand)
| New Zealand English
| en_nz
| eng_NZ
| '''New Zealand'''
|- style="background-color: #ddd; color:black;"
| scope="row" | 25
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Pirate Speak (The Seven Seas)
| Pirate English
| en_pt
| qpe
| ''The Seven Seas''
|- style="background-color: #ddd; color:black;"
| scope="row" | 26
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| ɥsᴉꞁᵷuƎ (uʍoᗡ ǝpᴉsd∩)
| Upside down British English
| en_ud
| eng-Qabs_GB
| (none)
|-
| scope="row" | 27
| scope="row" | 5
| English (US)
| American English
| en_us
| en_us
| United States
|-
| scope="row" | 28
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Anglish (Oned Riches)<ref group="note" name="r" />
| Modern English minus borrowed words<ref group="note">In other words, only Germanic etymology. See [[Minecraft:w:Linguistic purism in English|Linguistic purism in English on Wikipedia]]. Note that the exception is made for words in [[Minecraft:Crowdin#Minecraft terminology|Mojang's glossary]] that have non-English morphemes, such as [[Minecraft:prismarine]] (which has Greco-Latin roots) and [[Minecraft:netherite]] (which has the -ite suffix of Greek origin).</ref>
| enp
| qep
| ''Oned Riches''<ref group="note" name="r">pronounced ''rikes'' /ˈɹajks/</ref>
|- style="background-color: #ddd; color:black;"
| scope="row" | 29
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Shakespearean English (Kingdom of England)
| Early Modern English
| enws
| qes
| ''Kingdom of England''
|-
| scope="row" | 30
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Esperanto (Esperantujo)
| Esperanto
| eo_uy
| epo
| '''Constructed language (international)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 31
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Español (Argentina)
| Argentinian Spanish
| es_ar
| spa_AR
| '''Argentina'''
|-
| scope="row" | 32
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Español (Chile)
| Chilean Spanish
| es_cl
| spa_CL
| '''Chile'''
|-
| scope="row" | 33
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Español (Ecuador)
| Ecuadorian Spanish
| es_ec
| spa_EC
| '''Ecuador'''
|-
| scope="row" | 34
| scope="row" | 6
| Español (España)
| European Spanish
| es_es
| spa_ES
| '''Spain''', Equatorial Guinea
|-
| scope="row" | 35
| scope="row" | 7
| Español (México)
| Mexican Spanish
| es_mx
| spa_MX
| '''Mexico'''
|-
| scope="row" | 36
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Español (Uruguay)
| Uruguayan Spanish
| es_uy
| spa_UY
| '''Uruguay'''
|-
| scope="row" | 37
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Español (Venezuela)
| Venezuelan Spanish
| es_ve
| spa_VE
| '''Venezuela'''
|-
| scope="row" | 38
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Andalûh (Andaluçía)
| Andalusian
| esan
| spa_ES-AN
| Spain (Andalusia), Ceuta, Melilla, Gibraltar
|-
| scope="row" | 39
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Eesti keel (Eesti)
| Estonian
| et_ee
| est_EE
| '''Estonia'''
|-
| scope="row" | 40
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Euskara (Euskal Herria)
| Basque
| eu_es
| eus_ES
| '''Basque Country (Spain)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 41
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| فارسی (ایران)
| Persian
| fa_ir
| fas_IR
| '''Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan'''
|-
| scope="row" | 42
| scope="row" | 18
| Suomi (Suomi)
| Finnish
| fi_fi
| fin_FI
| '''Finland'''
|-
| scope="row" | 43
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Filipino (Pilipinas)
| Filipino
| fil_ph
| fil_PH
| '''Philippines'''
|-
| scope="row" | 44
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Føroyskt (Føroyar)
| Faroese
| fo_fo
| fao_FO
| '''Faroe Islands'''
|-
| scope="row" | 45
| scope="row" | 8
| Français (Canada)
| Canadian French
| fr_ca
| fra_CA
| '''Canada'''
|-
| scope="row" | 46
| scope="row" | 9
| Français (France)
| European French
| fr_fr
| fra_FR
| '''France''', Belgium, Monaco, Switzerland,...
|-
| scope="row" | 47
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Fränggisch (Franggn)
| East Franconian
| fra_de
| vmf_DE
| '''Franconia (Germany)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 48
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Furlan (Friûl)
| Friulian
| fur_it
| fur_IT
| '''Italy (Friuli)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 49
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Frysk (Fryslân)
| Frisian
| fy_nl
| fry_NL
| '''Netherlands (Friesland)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 50
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Gaeilge (Éire)
| Irish
| ga_ie
| gle_IE
| '''Ireland''', Northern Ireland
|-
| scope="row" | 51
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Gàidhlig (Alba)
| Scottish Gaelic
| gd_gb
| gla_GB
| '''Scotland''', Canada (Nova Scotia)
|-
| scope="row" | 52
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Galego (Galicia / Galiza)
| Galician
| gl_es
| glg_ES
| '''Galicia (Spain)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 53
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Галицка (Галичина, Україна)
| Halychian
| hal_ua
| qha_UA
| '''Galicia (Ukraine)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 54
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| 'Ōlelo Hawai'i (Hawai'i)
| Hawaiian
| haw_us
| haw_US
| '''Hawaii'''
|-
| scope="row" | 55
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| עברית (ישראל)
| Hebrew
| he_il
| heb_IL
| '''Israel'''
|-
| scope="row" | 56
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| हिंदी (भारत)
| Hindi
| hi_in
| hin_IN
| '''India, Fiji'''
|-
| scope="row" | 57
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Høgnorsk (Norig)
| High Norwegian
| hn_no
| qho
| '''Norway'''
|-
| scope="row" | 58
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Hrvatski (Hrvatska)
| Croatian
| hr_hr
| hrv_HR
| '''Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina'''
|-
| scope="row" | 59
| scope="row" | 11
| Magyar (Magyarország)
| Hungarian
| hu_hu
| hun_HU
| '''Hungary'''
|-
| scope="row" | 60
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Հայերեն (Հայաստան)
| Armenian
| hy_am
| hye_AM
| '''Armenia'''
|-
| scope="row" | 61
| scope="row" | 1
| Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesia)
| Indonesian
| id_id
| ind_ID
| '''Indonesia'''
|-
| scope="row" | 62
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Igbo (Naigeria)
| Igbo
| ig_ng
| ibo_NG
| '''Nigeria'''
|-
| scope="row" | 63
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Ido (Idia)
| Ido
| io_en
| ido
| '''Constructed language'''
|-
| scope="row" | 64
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Íslenska (Ísland)
| Icelandic
| is_is
| isl_IS
| '''Iceland'''
|-
| scope="row" | 65
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Medžuslovjansky (Slovjanščina)
| Interslavic
| isv
| qis
| '''Constructed language (Slavic countries)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 66
| scope="row" | 10
| Italiano (Italia)
| Italian
| it_it
| ita_IT
| '''Italy''', Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City State.
|-
| scope="row" | 67
| scope="row" | 26
| <span lang="ja-JP">日本語 (日本)</span>
| Japanese
| ja_jp
| jpn_JP
| '''Japan'''
|-
| scope="row" | 68
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| la .lojban. (la jbogu'e)
| Lojban
| jbo_en
| jbo
| '''Constructed language'''
|-
| scope="row" | 69
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| ქართული (საქართველო)
| Georgian
| ka_ge
| kat_GE
| '''Georgia'''
|-
| scope="row" | 70
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Қазақша (Қазақстан)
| Kazakh
| kk_kz
| kaz_KZ
| '''Kazakhstan''', northern Xinjiang (China), Mongolia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
|-
| scope="row" | 71
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| ಕನ್ನಡ (ಭಾರತ)
| Kannada
| kn_in
| kan_IN
| '''India (Karnataka)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 72
| scope="row" | 29
| <span lang="ko-KR">한국어 (대한민국)</span>
| Korean
| ko_kr
| kor_KR
| '''South Korea, North Korea''', China (Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture)
|-
| scope="row" | 73
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Kölsch/Ripoarisch (Rhingland)
| Kölsch/Ripuarian
| ksh
| ksh_DE
| '''Germany''' (Rhineland), Belgium, Netherlands
|-
| scope="row" | 74
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Kernewek (Kernow)
| Cornish
| kw_gb
| cor_GB
| '''Cornwall (United Kingdom)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 75
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Кыргызча (Кыргызстан)
| Kyrgyz
| ky_kg
| kir_KG
| '''Kyrgyzstan, China (Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture)''', Uzbekistan, Tajikistan 
|-
| scope="row" | 76
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Latina (Latium)
| Latin
| la_la
| lat_VA
| '''Vatican''' (no native speakers, was the language of Roman Empire during Antiquity)
|-
| scope="row" | 77
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Lëtzebuergesch (Lëtzebuerg)
| Luxembourgish
| lb_lu
| ltz_LU
| '''Luxembourg''', Germany, France (region), Belgium
|-
| scope="row" | 78
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Limburgs (Limburg)
| Limburgish
| li_li
| lim_NL
| '''Netherlands''', Belgium, Germany
|-
| scope="row" | 79
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Lombard (Lombardia)
| Lombard
| lmo
| lmo_IT
| '''Italy''' ('''Lombardy''', Piedmont, South Tyrol, Trentino), Switzerland (Grisons, Ticino), Brazil (Santa Catarina)
|-
| scope="row" | 80
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| 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)
|-  style="background-color: #ddd; color:black;"
| scope="row" | 81
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| LOLCAT (Kingdom of Cats)
| LOLCAT
| lol_us
| qll
| ''The Kingdom of Cats'' (Web language)
|-
| scope="row" | 82
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Lietuvių (Lietuva)
| Lithuanian
| lt_lt
| lit_LT
| '''Lithuania''' (Lietuva)
|-
| scope="row" | 83
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Latviešu (Latvija)
| Latvian
| lv_lv
| lav_LV
| '''Latvia'''
|-
| scope="row" | 84
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| <span lang="zh-Hant-TW">文言 (華夏)</span>
| Literary Chinese
| lzh
| lzh
| '''Sinosphere''' (was used as the official formal written language)
|-
| scope="row" | 85
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Македонски (Северна Македонија)
| Macedonian
| mk_mk
| mkd_MK
| '''North Macedonia'''
|-
| scope="row" | 86
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Монгол (Монгол Улс)
| Mongolian
| mn_mn
| mon_MN
| '''Mongolia''', China (Inner Mongolia, a.k.a Nei Mongol Autonomous Region)
|-
| scope="row" | 87
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia)
| Malay
| ms_my
| zlm_MY
| '''Malaysia''', Singapore, Brunei, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|-
| scope="row" | 88
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Malti (Malta)
| Maltese
| mt_mt
| mlt_MT
| '''Malta'''
|-
| scope="row" | 89
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Mēxikatlahtōlli (Mēxiko)
| Nahuatl
| nah
| nhe_MX
| '''Mexico''', United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Canada
|-
| scope="row" | 90
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Plattdüütsh (Düütschland)
| Low German
| nds_de
| nds_DE
| '''Germany''', Netherlands
|-
| scope="row" | 91
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Vlaams (België)
| Dutch, Flemish
| nl_be
| nld_BE
| '''Belgium''', Netherlands
|-
| scope="row" | 92
| scope="row" | 12
| Nederlands (Nederland)
| Dutch
| nl_nl
| nld_NL
| '''Netherlands''', Belgium, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Suriname.
|-
| scope="row" | 93
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Norsk nynorsk (Noreg)
| Norwegian Nynorsk
| nn_no
| nno_NO
| '''Norway'''
|-
| scope="row" | 94
| scope="row" | 13
| Norsk bokmål (Norge)
| Norwegian Bokmål
| no_no{{only|je|short=1}} nb_no{{only|be|short=1}}
| nob_NO
| '''Norway'''
|-
| scope="row" | 95
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Occitan (Occitània)
| Occitan
| oc_fr
| oci_FR
| '''Occitania''' (Spanish Catalonia, southern France, Italian Piedmont)
|-
| scope="row" | 96
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Övdalska (Swerre)
| Elfdalian
| ovd
| ovd_SE
| '''Älvdalen (Sweden)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 97
| scope="row" | 14
| Polski (Polska)
| Polish
| pl_pl
| pol_PL
| '''Poland'''
|-
| scope="row" | 98
| scope="row" | –
| Ngiiwa (Ndanìꞌngà)
| Popoloca
| pls
| pls_MX
| '''Puebla (Mexico)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 99
| scope="row" | 15
| Português (Brasil)
| Brazilian Portuguese
| pt_br
| por_BR
| '''Brazil'''
|-
| scope="row" | 100
| scope="row" | 16
| Português (Portugal)
| European Portuguese
| pt_pt
| por_PT
| '''Portugal''', Angola, Mozambique, ...
|-
| scope="row" | 101
|&ndash;
|Cántabru/Montañés (Cantabria)
|Cantabrian
|qcb_es
|qcb_ES
|Spain (Cantabria)
|-
| scope="row" | 102
| &ndash;
|Bahasa Indonesia edjaän lama (Indonesia tempo doeloe)
|Indonesian (Pre-reform spelling)<ref group="note">Specifically, the [[Minecraft:w:Van_Ophuijsen_Spelling_System|Van Ophuijsen Speling System]] used until 1947, not to be confused with the [[Minecraft:w:Republican_Spelling_System|Republican Spelling System]], also known as Soewandi Spelling, which was in use from 1947 until 1972.</ref>
|qid
|qid_ID
|''Indonesia tempo doeloe''
|-
| scope="row" | 103
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Quenya (Arda)
| Quenya (Form of Elvish from ''The Lord of the Rings'')
| qya_aa
| qya
| '''Constructed language (''The Lord of the Rings'': Aman)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 104
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Română (România)
| Romanian
| ro_ro
| ron_RO
| '''Romania''', '''Moldova''', Transnistria
|-
| scope="row" | 105
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Русскій дореформенный (Россійская имперія)
| Russian (Pre-revolutionary)
| rpr
| qpr
| ''Russian Empire''
|-
| scope="row" | 106
| scope="row" | 24
| Русский (Россия)
| Russian
| ru_ru
| rus_RU
| '''Russia''', Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, ....
|-
| scope="row" | 107
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Руснацькый (Пудкарпатя, Украина)
| Rusyn
| ry_ua
| rue_UA
| '''Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast)''', Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania
|-
| scope="row" | 108
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Сахалыы (Cаха Сирэ)
| Yakut
| sah_sah
| sah_RU
| '''Russia (Sakha)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 109
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Davvisámegiella (Sápmi)
| Northern Sami
| se_no
| sme_NO
| '''Norway''', Sweden, Finland
|-
| scope="row" | 110
| scope="row" | 17
| Slovenčina (Slovensko)
| Slovak
| sk_sk
| slk_SK
| '''Slovakia'''
|-
| scope="row" | 111
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Slovenščina (Slovenija)
| Slovenian
| sl_si
| slv_SI
| '''Slovenia'''
|-
| scope="row" | 112
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Af-Soomaali (Soomaaliya)
| Somali
| so_so
| som_SO
| '''Somalia, Ethiopia,''' Djibouti, Kenya
|-
| scope="row" | 113
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Shqip (Shqiperia)
| Albanian
| sq_al
| sqi_AL
| '''Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo'''
|-
| scope="row" | 114
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Srpski (Srbija)
| Serbian (Latin)
| sr_cs
| srp-Latn_RS
| '''Serbia''' (''Kosovo''), Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina
|-
| scope="row" | 115
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Српски (Србија)
| Serbian (Cyrillic)
| sr_sp
| srp-Cyrl_RS
| '''Serbia''' (''Kosovo''), Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina
|-
| scope="row" | 116
| scope="row" | 19
| Svenska (Sverige)
| Swedish
| sv_se
| swe_SE
| '''Sweden''', Finland
|-
| scope="row" | 117
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Säggs’sch (Saggsn)
| Upper Saxon German
| sxu
| sxu_DE
| '''Saxony''', Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
|-
| scope="row" | 118
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Ślōnski (Gōrny Ślōnsk)
| Silesian
| szl
| szl_PL
| '''Upper Silesia (Poland)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 119
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| தமிழ் (இந்தியா)
| Tamil
| ta_in
| tam_IN
| '''Sri Lanka''', India (Tamil Nadu), Singapore
|-
| scope="row" | 120
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| ไทย (ประเทศไทย)
| Thai
| th_th
| tha_TH
| '''Thailand'''
|-
| scope="row" | 121
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Tagalog (Pilipinas)
| Tagalog
| tl_ph
| tgl_PH
| '''Philippines'''
|-
| scope="row" | 122
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| tlhIngan Hol (tlhIngan wo')
| Klingon
| tlh_aa
| tlh
| '''Constructed language (''Star Trek'': the Klingon Empire)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 123
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| toki pona (ma pona)
| Toki Pona
| tok
| tok
| '''Constructed language'''
|-
| scope="row" | 124
| scope="row" | 20
| Türkçe (Türkiye)
| Turkish
| tr_tr
| tur_TR
| '''Türkiye,''' Cyprus
|-
| scope="row" | 125
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Татарча (Татарстан, Рәсәй)
| Tatar
| tt_ru
| tat_RU
| '''Tatarstan (Russia)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 126
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Bats'i k'op (Jobel)
| Tzotzil
| tzo_mx
| tzo_MX
| '''Chiapas''' (Mexico)
|-
| scope="row" | 127
| scope="row" | 25
| Українська (Україна)
| Ukrainian
| uk_ua
| ukr_UA
| '''Ukraine''', Transnistria.
|-
| scope="row" | 128
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Català (Valencià)
| Valencian
| val_es
| cat_ES-VC
| '''Spain (Valencia)'''
|-
| scope="row" | 129
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Vèneto (Veneto)
| Venetian
| vec_it
| vec_IT
| Italy (Veneto), Slovenia, Croatia
|-
| scope="row" | 130
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Tiếng Việt (Việt Nam)
| Vietnamese
| vi_vn
| vie_VN
| '''Vietnam'''
|-
| scope="row" | 131
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Viossa (Vilant)
| Viossa
| vp_vl
|qpv_QP
| '''Constructed language'''
|-
| scope="row" | 132
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| ייִדיש (אשכנזיש יידן)
| Yiddish
| yi_de
| yid_IL
| '''Russia (Jewish Autonomous Oblast)''', Germany, Israel, United States, various European nations.
|-
| scope="row" | 133
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| Yorùbá (Nàìjíríà)
| Yoruba
| yo_ng
| yor_NG
| '''Nigeria'''
|-
| scope="row" | 134
| scope="row" | 27
| <span lang="zh-Hans-CN">简体中文 (中国大陆)</span>
| Chinese Simplified (Chinese Mainland; Mandarin<ref group="note">Written [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Standard Mandarin|Standard Mandarin]] only. This does not include other Chinese languages with Simplified Han script/Chinese character writing systems (such as written Mindong, Puxian, Hokkien, Hakka, Wu, and Cantonese).</ref>)
| zh_cn
| zho-Hans_CN<ref group="note">''de facto'' cmn-Hans_CN. Does not include other non-Mandarin Chinese languages including cdo-Hans_CN, cpx-Hans_CN, nan-Hans_CN, hak-Hans_CN, wuu-Hans_CN, yue-Hans_CN.</ref>
| '''Chinese Mainland'''<!-- [''[[Minecraft:wikipedia:Sic|sic]]'']: Please follow in-game region names here; do not change the region name by political reasons -->, Singapore, Malaysia
|-
| scope="row" | 135
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| <span lang="zh-Hant-HK">繁體中文 (香港特別行政區)</span>
| Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong SAR)<ref group="note">Hong Kong Chinese use Cantonese for pronounciation-based translations/transliterations but with a Cantonese–Mandarin mixed Chinese written language, instead of only using either written Cantonese or written Mandarin.</ref>
| zh_hk
| zho-Hant_HK
| '''Hong Kong SAR'''<!-- [''[[Minecraft:wikipedia:Sic|sic]]'']: Please follow in-game region names here; do not change the region name by political reasons -->, Macau SAR
|-
| scope="row" | 136
| scope="row" | 28
| <span lang="zh-Hant-TW">繁體中文 (台灣)</span>
| Chinese Traditional (Taiwan; Mandarin<ref group="note">Written [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Taiwanese Mandarin|Taiwanese Mandarin]], not [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Taiwanese Hokkien|Taiwanese Hokkien]]/Taigi which is often referred to as Taiwanese. This also does not include other Chinese languages spoken in Taiwan and written with Traditional Han script/Chinese character writing systems, such as Hakka and Mindong.</ref>)
| zh_tw
| zho-Hant_TW<ref group="note">''de facto'' cmn-Hant_TW. Does not include cdo-Hant_TW, hak-Hant_TW, nan-Hant_TW.</ref>
| '''Taiwan'''<!-- [''[[Minecraft:wikipedia:Sic|sic]]'']: Please follow in-game region names here; do not change the region name by political reasons -->
|-
| scope="row" | 137
| scope="row" | &ndash;
| بهاس ملايو (مليسيا)
| Malay (Jawi)
| zlm_arab
| zlm-Arab_MY
| '''Malaysia''', Singapore, Brunei, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|}

=== Notes ===
{{Notelist}}

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,
* 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 {{w|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.

== Translating ==
{{Main|Crowdin}}
{{JE}} and the [[Minecraft:Minecraft Launcher]] are translated in Crowdin. Anyone can join and suggest translations, and the proofreaders decide if the translation is good or not.

== Font == 
{{Main|Font}}
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:minecraft;font-size:16px">Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm<br>Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz<br><!--Αα Ββ Γγ Δδ Εε Ζζ Ηη Θθ Ιι Κκ Λλ Μμ<br>Νν Ξξ Οο Ππ Ρρ Σσς Ττ Υυ Φφ Χχ Ψψ Ωω<br>-->1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0<br>` ! @  #  $  £  %  ^  &  *  (  )  _ - + = ~ [ ] { } | \ : ; " ' , < > . ? /</div>

''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:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!ASCII codepoint
!Character
!Width (dots)
|-
|32
|<code>space</code>
|3
|-
|33
|<code>!</code>
|1
|-
|34
|<code>"</code>
|3
|-
|39
|<code>'</code>
|1
|-
|40
|<code>(</code>
|3
|-
|41
|<code>)</code>
|3
|-
|42
|<code>*</code>
|3
|-
|44
|<code>,</code>
|1
|-
|46
|<code>.</code>
|1
|-
|58
|<code>:</code>
|1
|-
|59
|<code>;</code>
|1
|-
|60
|<code><</code>
|4
|-
|62
|<code>></code>
|4
|-
|64
|<code>@</code>
|6
|-
|73
|<code>I</code>
|3
|-
|91
|<code>[</code>
|3
|-
|93
|<code>]</code>
|3
|-
|96
|<code>`</code>
|2
|-
|102
|<code>f</code>
|4
|-
|105
|<code>i</code>
|1
|-
|107
|<code>k</code>
|4
|-
|108
|<code>l</code>
|2
|-
|116
|<code>t</code>
|3
|-
|123
|<code>{</code>
|3
|-
|124
|<code><nowiki>|</nowiki></code>
|1
|-
|125
|<code>}</code>
|3
|-
|126
|<code>~</code>
|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 [[Minecraft:Resource Pack#Legacy Unicode]].

== Differences between English variants ==
{{expand section}}
The names of features sometimes differ between variants of English. The table below describes these differences. (Note: This table excludes Anglish, English (Upside Down), LOLCAT, Pirate Speak, and Shakespearean English.)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2|Feature !! colspan=5 | English variant
|-
! width=100px|American<br />(default) !! width=100px|Canadian !! width=100px|Australian !! width=100px|New Zealand !! width=100px|British
|-
! colspan="6" | Blocks
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{BlockLink|Cake with candle}}
| colspan="2" |Cake with Candle
| colspan="2" |Candle Cake
|Cake with Candle
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{BlockLink|Dragon Head}}
| colspan="3" |Dragon Head
|Ender Dragon Head
|Dragon Head
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{BlockLink|Packed Ice}}
| colspan=4 | Packed Ice || Compressed Ice
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Minecraft:Banner#Patterns|Pale Banner Pattern]]
|Pale
|Paly
|Pale
| colspan="2" |Paly
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{BlockLink|Potted Azalea}}
| colspan="3" |Potted Azalea
|Potted Azalea Bush
|Potted Azalea
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{BlockLink|Potted Dead Bush
}}
|Potted Dead Bush
|Dead Potted Bush
| colspan="2" |Potted Dead Bush
|Dead Potted Bush
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{BlockLink|Melon}}
| colspan="3" |Melon
|Watermelon
|Melon
|-
! colspan="6" | Items
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ItemLink|Gold Nugget}}
| colspan=4 | Gold Nugget || Golden Nugget
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ItemLink|Baked Potato}}
| colspan=4 | Baked Potato || Jacket Potato
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Beetroot}}
|Beetroot
|Beet
| colspan="3" |Beetroot
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Beetroot Seeds}}
|Beetroot Seeds
|Beet Seeds
| colspan="3" |Beetroot Seeds
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Beetroot Soup}}
|Beetroot Soup
|Beet Soup
| colspan="3" |Beetroot Soup
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Chainmail Boots
}}
|Chainmail Boots
|Mail Boots
| colspan="3" |Chainmail Boots
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Chainmail Chestplate
}}
|Chainmail Chestplate
|Mail Chestplate
| colspan="3" |Chainmail Chestplate
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Chainmail Helmet}}
|Chainmail Helmet
|Mail Helmet
| colspan="3" |Chainmail Helmet
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Chainmail Leggings
}}
|Chainmail Leggings
|Mail Leggings
| colspan="3" |Chainmail Leggings
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ItemLink|Cooked Chicken}}
| colspan=3 | Cooked Chicken || colspan=2 | Roast Chicken
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Cooked Mutton}}
| colspan="3" |Cooked Mutton
|Roast Lambchops
|Cooked Mutton
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ItemLink|Cookie}}
| colspan=2 | Cookie || colspan=3 | Biscuit
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Glistering Melon Slice}}
| colspan="3" |Glistering Melon Slice
|Glistering Watermelon Slice
|Glistering Melon Slice
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ItemLink|Leather Helmet}}
| colspan=4 | Leather Cap || Leather Hat
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ItemLink|Leather Leggings}}
| colspan=4 | Leather Pants || Leather Trousers
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Melon Seeds}}
| colspan="3" |Melon Seeds
|Watermelon Seeds
|Melon Seeds
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Melon Slice}}
| colspan="3" |Melon Slice
|Watermelon Slice
|Melon Slice
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{BlockLink|Oxeye Daisy}}
| Oxeye Daisy || Moon Daisy || colspan=3 | Oxeye Daisy
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{ItemLink|Raw Mutton}}
| colspan="3" |Raw Mutton
|Raw Lambchops
|Raw Mutton
|-
! colspan="6" | Biomes
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{BiomeLink|Savanna}} 
| Savanna || colspan=4 | Savannah
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{BiomeLink|Savanna Plateau}} 
| Savanna Plateau || colspan=4 | Savannah Plateau
|-
! colspan="6" | Enchantments
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Minecraft:Channeling]]
| Channeling || colspan=4 | Channelling
|-
! colspan="6" | Advancements/Achievements
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Minecraft:Mob Kabob]] || Mob Kabob || Mob Kebab
| colspan="3" |Mob Kabob
|-
! colspan="6" style="text-align: left;" |Advancement Descriptions
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Minecraft:Careful Restoration]]
|Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds
|Make a Decorated Pot out of four Pottery Sherds
| colspan="3" |Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Minecraft:Sticky Situation]]
|Jump into a Honey Block to break your fall
|Jump against a Honey Block to slow down your fall
| colspan="3" |Jump into a Honey Block to break your fall
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition]]
|Step foot in a Trial Chamber
|Set foot in a Trial Chamber
|colspan=3|Step foot in a Trial Chamber
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Minecraft:Total Beelocation]]
|Move a Bee Nest or Beehive, with 3 Bees inside, using Silk Touch
|Move a Bee Nest or Beehive, with three Bees inside, using Silk Touch
| colspan="3" |Move a Bee Nest or Beehive, with 3 Bees inside, using Silk Touch
|-
! colspan="6" | General
|-
| || Armor || colspan=4 | Armour
|-
| || Chiseled || colspan=4 | Chiselled
|-
| || Gray || colspan=4 | Grey
|-
| || Behavior || colspan=4 | Behaviour
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Learned
|Learnt
| colspan="2" |Learned
|-
|
| colspan="4" |Music Box
|Musical Box
|-
|
| colspan="4" |while
|whilst
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Whirs
| colspan="3" |Whirrs
|-
|Words ending in ise/ize
| colspan="2" | -ize
| colspan="3" | -ise
|-
|Debug Option Warning
|[...], or eat your pet rock.
|[...], or provoke nearby house hippos.
|[...] or cause your fans to sound like a didgeridoo in a dust storm.
|[...] or make your computer start speaking fluent Kiwi and calling you 'bro'.
|[...] or cause your cookie to turn into a 'biscuit'.
|}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 400px" data-description="Language support history"
|+ Number of language additions and removals
|-
! colspan="5" style="font-size: 110%" | Java Edition
|-
! colspan="2" width="40%" | Version
! rowspan="2" width="20%" | Added
! rowspan="2" width="20%" | Removed
! rowspan="2" width="20%" | Total
|-
! Release
! Snapshot
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | {{verlink|JE 1.1|1.1}}
| {{verlink|Java Edition 11w49a|11w49a}}
| 35
| &ndash;
| 36
|-
| {{verlink|Java Edition 12w01a|12w01a}}
| 17
| 3 <!-- de_AT,es_LA,mt_MT -->
| 50
|-
| (1.1 release)
| 6 <!-- es_MX,es_UY,gl_ES,ky_KG,qya_AA,vi_VN -->
| &ndash;
| 56
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | {{verlink|JE 1.2.1|1.2.1}}
| {{verlink|Java Edition 12w05a|12w05a}}
| 1 <!-- eo_UY -->
| &ndash;
| 57
|-
| {{verlink|Java Edition 12w07a|12w07a}}
| 1 <!-- mt_MT -->
| &ndash;
| 58
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|JE 1.3.1|1.3.1}}
| {{verlink|Java Edition 12w21b|12w21b}}
| 3 <!-- en_AU,ga_IE,id_ID -->
| &ndash;
| 61
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|JE 1.5|1.5}}
| {{verlink|Java Edition 13w02a|13w02a}}
| 2 <!-- kw_GB,no_NO -->
| 1 <!-- nb_NO -->
| 62
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.7.2|1.7.2}}
| {{verlink|Java Edition 13w38c|13w38c}}
| 4 <!--hy_AM,la_LA,lb_LU,oc_FR -->
| ?
| 66
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.7.4|1.7.4}}
| &ndash;
| 3 <!--gv_IM, mi_NZ, nds_DE -->
| ?
| 69
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.7.10|1.7.10}}
| &ndash;
| 1 <!--az_AZ -->
| ?
| 70
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.8|1.8}}
| &ndash;
| 1 <!-- se_NO -->
| &ndash;
| 71
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.9|1.9}}
| &ndash;
| 13 <!-- be_BY, br_FR, en_NZ, fo_FO, fy_NL, jbo_EN, ksh_DE, li_LI, lol_US, mk_MK, so_SO, sq_AL, tzl_TZL -->
| &ndash;
| 84
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.9.2|1.9.2}}
| 25 April 2016
| 2 <!-- en_UD, gd_GB -->
| &ndash;
| 86
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.10|1.10}}
| &ndash;
| 4 <!-- de_AT, haw_US, mn_MN, swg_DE -->
| &ndash;
| 90
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.11|1.11}}
| &ndash;
| 1 <!-- io -->
| &ndash;
| 91
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.12|1.12}}
| &ndash;
| 2 <!-- de_alg, en_ws -->
| 1 <!-- swg_de -->
| 92
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.13|1.13}}
| &ndash;
| 19 <!-- bs_ba, de_ch, enp, enws, es_cl, ig_ng, io_en, kab_kab, kn_in, ksh, nl_be, oj_ca, ovd, swg, sxu, szl, ta_in, vec_it, yo_ng -->
| &ndash; 
| 111
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.13.1|1.13.1}}
| &ndash;
| 4 <!-- brb, moh_us, nuk, tt_ru, -->
| &ndash;
| 115
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.14.3|1.14.3}}
| [[Minecraft:1.14.3-pre3]]
| 2 <!-- ba_ru, got -->
| &ndash;
| 117
|-
! scope="row" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.15|1.15}}
| [[Minecraft:19w34a]]
| 1 <!-- yi_de -->
| &ndash;
| 118
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | {{verlink|Java Edition 1.17|1.17}}
| [[Minecraft:21w03a]]
| &ndash;
| 7<!-- got, kab_dz, mi_nz, moh_ca, nuk, oji, tzl_tzl -->
| 111
|-
| [[Minecraft:21w16a]]
| 2 <!-- rpr, zh_hk -->
| &ndash;
| 113
|-
! {{verlink|Java Edition 1.17.1|1.17.1}}
| [[Minecraft:1.17.1-pre2]]
| 1 <!-- lzh -->
| 3 <!-- gv_im, scn, swg -->
| 111
|-
! {{verlink|Java Edition 1.18|1.18}}
| [[Minecraft:21w38a]]
| 2 <!-- lmo, tok -->
| &ndash;
| 113
|-
! {{verlink|Java Edition 1.18.2|1.18.2}}
| [[Minecraft:22w03a]]
| 1 <!-- fur_it -->
| &ndash;
| 114
|-
! {{verlink|Java Edition 1.19|1.19}}
| [[Minecraft:1.19-pre4]]
| 1 <!-- zlm_arab -->
| &ndash;
| 115
|-
! {{verlink|Java Edition 1.19.3|1.19.3}}
| [[Minecraft:22w43a]]
| 2 <!-- nah, ry_ua -->
| &ndash;
| 117
|-
! {{verlink|Java Edition 1.20|1.20}}
| (1.20 release)
| 2 <!-- lo_la, sah_sah -->
| &ndash;
| 119
|-
! {{verlink|Java Edition 1.20.1|1.20.1}}
| [[Minecraft:1.20.1-rc1]]
| 1 <!-- sr_cs -->
| &ndash;
| 128
|-
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.20.5|1.20.5]]
| [[Minecraft:1.20.5-pre1]]
| 1<!-- vp_vl -->
| &ndash;
| 129
|-
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.1|1.21.1]]
| [[Minecraft:1.21.1-rc1]]
| 2 <!-- be_latn, tzo_mx -->
| &ndash;
| 131
|-
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.2|1.21.2]]
| [[Minecraft:24w38a]]
| 1 <!-- hn_no -->
| &ndash;
| 132
|-
![[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.4|1.21.4]]
|[[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.4 Release Candidate 1|1.21.4-rc1]]
|1<!-- pls -->
|&ndash;
|133
|-
! [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.5|1.21.5]]
| [[Minecraft:25w04a]]
| 1<!-- ky_kg -->
| &ndash;
| 134
|-
![[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.6|1.21.6]]
|(1.21.6 release)
|2<!-- qcb_es, qid -->
|&ndash;
|136
|-
![[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.9|1.21.9]]
|[[Minecraft:Java Edition 25w35a|25w35a]]
|1<!-- hal_ua -->
|&ndash;
|137
|}

{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|Java Classic}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.0.2a|The first publicly released version of ''Minecraft'' was released in American English; no other languages were included.}}
|{{HistoryLine|Java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1|dev=11w49a|Added Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Canadian English, British English, Argentinian Spanish, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, Canadian French, European French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Russian, Slovanian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese Simplified (Chinese Mainland; Mandarin<ref group="note">Written [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Standard Mandarin|Standard Mandarin]] only. This does not include other Chinese languages with Simplified Han script/Chinese character writing systems (such as written Mindong, Puxian, Hokkien, Hakka, Wu, and Cantonese).</ref>), Maltese.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=12w01a|Added Afrikaans, Arabic, Catalan, Greek, Pirate English, Venezuelan Spanish, Basque, Georgian, Latvian, Malay, Romanian, Slovak, Serbian (Cyrillic), Thai, Klingon, Ukrainian, Chinese Traditional (Taiwan; Mandarin<ref group="note">Written [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Taiwanese Mandarin|Taiwanese Mandarin]], not [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Taiwanese Hokkien|Taiwanese Hokkien]]/Taigi which is often referred to as Taiwanese. This also does not include other Chinese languages spoken in Taiwan and written with Traditional Han script/Chinese character writing systems, such as Hakka and Mindong.</ref>).|Removed Latin American Spanish, Maltese, Austrian German{{Info needed|When was Austrian German first added?}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=release|Added Mexican Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish, Galician, Hindi, Quenya (Form of Elvish from ''Lord of the Rings''), Vietnamese.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.1|dev=12w05a|Added Esperanto.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=12w07a|Re-added Maltese.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w21b|Added Australian English, Irish, Indonesian.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w02a|Added Cornish, Norwegian Bokmål.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w38c|Added Armenian, Latin, Luxembourgish, Occitan.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=release|Added Persian, Filipino.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.4|Added Asturian, Low German, Valencian, Manx.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.10|Added Azerbaijani, Māori.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|Added Northern Sami.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|Added Belarusian (Cyrillic), Breton, New Zealand English, Faroese, Frisian, Lojban, Kölsch/Ripuarian, Limburgish, LOLCAT, Macedonian, Somali, Albanian, Talossan.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.2|Added Upside down British English, Scottish Gaelic.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10|Allgovian German, Austrian German, Hawaiian, Mongolian.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=?|Added Ido.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=?| Added Shakespearean English.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w15a|Added Swiss German, Igbo, Yoruba, Kabyle.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w16a|Added Bosnian, Chilean Spanish, Kannada, Flemmish Dutch, Tamil.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre1|Added Venetian.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre3|Added Elfdalian, Upper Saxon German, Silesian.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre5|Added Anglish, Ojibwe.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13.1|dev=pre1|Added Brabantian.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre2|Added Nuu-chah-nulth.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=release| Added East Franconian, Tatar, Mohawk.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w48a|Added Bavarian, Kazakh.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14.3|dev=pre3|Added Bashkir, Gothic.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.15|dev=19w34a|Added Yiddish.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.15.1|dev=pre1|Added Sicilian, Tagalog.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w07a|Added Andalusian, Interslavic, Ecuadorian Spanish.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w03a|Removed Gothic, Kabyle, Māori, Mohawk, Nuu-chah-nulth, Ojibwe, Talossan.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w16a| Added Russian (Pre-revolutionary), Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong SAR)<ref group="note">Hong Kong Chinese use Cantonese for pronounciation-based translations/transliterations but with a Cantonese–Mandarin mixed Chinese written language, instead of only using either written Cantonese or written Mandarin.</ref>.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.1|dev=pre2|Added Literary Chinese.|Removed Manx, Sicilian, Allgovian German.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=21w38a|Added Lombard, Toki Pona.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.2|dev=22w03a|Added Friulian.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=pre4|Added Malay (Jawi).}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|dev=22w43a|Added Nahuatl, Rusyn.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20| Added Lao, Yakut.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.1|dev=rc1|Added Serbian (Latin).}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.5|dev=pre1| Added Viossa.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.1|dev=rc1| Added Belarusian (Latin), Tzotzil.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.2|dev=24w38a|Added High Norwegian.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.4|dev=rc1|Added Popoloca.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.5|dev=25w04a|Added Kyrgyz.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.6| Added Cantabrian, Indonesian (Pre-reform)<ref group="note">Specifically, the [[Minecraft:w:Van_Ophuijsen_Spelling_System|Van Ophuijsen Speling System]] used until 1947, not to be confused with the [[Minecraft:w:Republican_Spelling_System|Republican Spelling System]], also known as Soewandi Spelling, which was in use from 1947 until 1972.</ref>.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.9|dev=25w35a|Added Halychian.}}
}}

{{notelist}}

==== Removed languages ====
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%" data-description="Removed languages"
|-
! colspan="7" style="font-size: 110%" | Java Edition
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Locale code
! scope="col" | Official language in
! scope="col" | Added in
! scope="col" | Removed in
! scope="col" | 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.<!--Chilean was added later.-->
|-
| Norsk (Bokmål)
| Norwegian
| nb_NO
| '''Norway'''
| 11w49a (1.1)
| 13w02a (1.5) {{Verify|Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian Bokmål are both currently available. Was a Norwegian language actually removed, and if so, which one?}}
| Replaced by 'Norsk' (no_NO).
|-
| Gutrazda
| Gothic
| got
| Obsolete language; has a revival moment.
| 1.14.3-pre3 (1.14.3)
| rowspan="7" | 21w03a (1.17)
| rowspan="7" | Massive amount of untranslated strings (especially in Talossan, which is almost completely untranslated).
|-
| 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<br>'''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
| rowspan="3" | 1.17.1-pre2 (1.17.1)
| rowspan="3" | 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 ====
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0
|Added language files. Their names take the format of "<samp>en_US.lang</samp>".
|To define translations, they used "[translation key]{{=}}[translation]".}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w16a|All language files except <samp>en_US.lang</samp> were removed from the jar.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w26a|<samp>en_US.lang</samp> is now located in the <code>assets/minecraft/lang</code> folder instead of the <code>lang</code> folder of the jar.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w32a|Changed name format to "<samp>en_us.lang</samp>".}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w02a|Languages now use [[Minecraft:JSON]], and use "<samp>en_us.json</samp>".}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|dev=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.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|dev=23w07a|<samp>en_us.json</samp> is now sorted alphanumerically by key.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 400px" data-description="Language support history"
|+ Number of language additions and removals
|-
! colspan="5" style="font-size: 110%" | Pocket Edition
|-
! colspan="2" width="40%" | Version
! rowspan="2" width="20%" | Added
! rowspan="2" width="20%" | Removed
! rowspan="2" width="20%" | Total
|-
! Release
! Build
|-
! scope="row" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.11.0 alpha|v0.11.0]]
| [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.11.0 alpha build 1|build 1]]
| 13 <!-- de_DE, es_ES, fr_FR, fr_CA, it_IT, ja_JP, ko_KR, pt_BR, pt_PT, ru_Ru, zh_CN, zh_TW -->
| &ndash;
| 13
|-
! scope="row" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.12.1 alpha|v0.12.1]]
| &ndash;
| 1 <!-- es_MX -->
| &ndash;
| 14
|-
! scope="row" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.15.0 alpha|v0.15.0]]
| &ndash;
| 1 <!-- en_GB -->
| &ndash;
| 15
|-
! scope="row" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition 1.0.3|1.0.3]]
| [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition alpha 1.0.3.0|alpha 1.0.3.0]]
| 1 <!-- nl_NL -->
| &ndash;
| 16
|-
! scope="row" | [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition 1.1.0|1.1.0]]
| [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition alpha 1.1.0.0|alpha 1.1.0.0]]
| 13 <!-- cs_CZ, da_DK, id_ID, hu_HU, nb_NO, pl_PL, sk_SK, fi_FI, sv_SE, tr_TR, el_GR, bg_BG, uk_UA -->
| &ndash;
| 29
|}

{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||demo|link=Pocket Edition Demo|The demo was released in American English; no other languages were included.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.11.0|dev=build 1|Added German, European Spanish, Canadian French, European French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese Simplified (Chinese Mainland; Mandarin<ref group="note">Written [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Standard Mandarin|Standard Mandarin]] only. This does not include other Chinese languages with Simplified Han script/Chinese character writing systems (such as written Mindong, Puxian, Hokkien, Hakka, Wu, and Cantonese).</ref>).}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|Added Mexican Spanish.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.15.0|Added British English.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.3|dev=build 1| Added Dutch.}}
}}

{{notelist}}

=== Upcoming languages ===
Upcoming and still-in-progress translations are listed on [https://crowdin.net/project/minecraft the official ''Minecraft'' translation project page].

== Issues ==
<!--

ATTENTION EDITORS:

Do not list untranslated strings here unless they are due to a bug in Minecraft itself!

Further, do not list incorrect or vandal translations at all!

-->
* ''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{{only|JE|short=1}}<ref>{{Bug|MCPE-166005}}</ref>, Hindi, Tamil, Hebrew, or Yiddish.<ref>{{Bug|MC-159657}}.</ref>
* [[Minecraft: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 [[Minecraft:resource pack]].
* ''Minecraft''<nowiki>'</nowiki>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 [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Input method|input method]] of the language. Some users can still use [[Minecraft:mods]] that support it.
** Alternative language input was partially resolved in [[Minecraft:14w34c]] and [[Minecraft:15w43a]] when {{bug|MC-2781}} was fixed, but still is not functional for all systems.
** Because [[Minecraft:17w43a]] upgrades LWJGL, the issue is basically resolved.<ref>A comment in {{bug|MC-2781}}.</ref>
** Because [[Minecraft: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.<ref>{{Bug|MC-204825}} and {{Bug|MC-268231}}.</ref>

{{Issue list}}

== 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.<ref>Variants of Arabic and Chinese are usually considered different languages by linguists, and therefore could also be considered to be unsupported languages.</ref> The most-spoken non-Asian language that is not supported is Hausa, with 54 million native speakers.
* 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 ({{verlink|Java Edition 13w24a}}), this functionality was added to resource packs.
* All language files can be found in the same way as [[Minecraft:Tutorial:Sound directory|sound files]] (except the <samp>en_us.json</samp> file, where it is found on [[Minecraft:client.jar]] instead.)

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
LanguageMap.png|Countries and territories colored by whether Minecraft comes in an official language (click "More details" button for more information).
Language stats.jpg|Top 20 languages on 4 April 2016.
Languages.png|Language selection screen in an earlier version.
Hebrew Create World.png|The world creation screen in Hebrew.
</gallery>

=== Development images ===
<gallery>
Jeb Languages.png|Language selection screenshot.
Jeb Arabic.png|The Arabic language option.
Jeb Hebrew.png|The Hebrew language option.
Grum Languages.png|Improved Arabic and bidirectional text handling.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Navigation ==
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[[Minecraft:pt:Idioma]]
[[Minecraft:ru:Язык]]
[[Minecraft:uk:Мова]]
[[Minecraft:zh:语言]]