Non-English input methods are automatically reset to English ones.

When attempting to switch to a different input method, Minecraft automatically switches it back to what is usually the last used English keyboard layout. (Other times, it will be automatically switched back to the system default “ABC.” I cannot find any way to predict this behavior.)

This makes it impossible to type in any language that does not use the Latin alphabet, such as Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Armenian, &c., as well as impossible to type characters that may not be included in the user’s English-language layout, such as â, ö, ê, ü, &c. If the user changes their input method, the game should respect this.

From what I’ve found online, this is supposedly the result of a change to the game to automatically switch the user’s input method based on the language they’ve selected in-game, though I haven’t found any mention of this in the game’s changelogs, and trying the same input methods while using their matching language does not solve the problem. (Regardless, there would be plenty of scenarios where someone might want to type in multiple languages without changing their in-game language option.)