List of encyclopedias by language

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This is a list of encyclopedias by language.

Albanian

Encyclopedias written in Albanian.

Arabic

Encyclopedias written in

Arabic
.

Armenian

Encyclopedias written in Armenian.

Azerbaijani

Encyclopedias written in Azerbaijani.

Balinese

Encyclopedias written in Balinese

Basque

Encyclopedias written in Basque

Belarusian

Encyclopedias written in Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Encyclopedias written in Bulgarian.

Catalan

Encyclopedias written in Catalan.

Chinese

Encyclopedias written in Chinese.

Croatian

Encyclopedias written in Croatian.

Czech

Encyclopedias written in Czech.

Danish

Encyclopedias written in Danish.

Dutch

Encyclopedias written in Dutch.

Egyptian Arabic

English

Encyclopedias written in English.

Esperanto

Encyclopedias written in Esperanto.

  • Enciklopedio de Esperanto
    : two-volume encyclopedia about Esperanto issues (Budapest 1934); reprint in one volume, without the illustrations (1986)
  • Esperanto en perspektivo: encyclopedic handbook about Esperanto issues (Rotterdam and London 1974)
  • Esperanto Wikipedia (2001)

Estonian

Encyclopedias written in Estonian.

Finnish

Encyclopedias written in Finnish.

French

Encyclopedias written in French.

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Galician

Encyclopedias written in Galician.

Georgian

Encyclopedias written in Georgian.

German

Encyclopedias written in German.

Greek

Encyclopedias written in Greek.

  • Encyclopedic lexicon: by P. Gerakakis, I–V volumes, 1861–1865 (Γερακάκης, Πέτρος. Λεξικόν εγκυκλοπαίδειας: περιέχον τα κυριωτέρα των επιστημών και τεχνών)
  • Helios
    : Νεώτερον Εγκυκλοπαιδικόν Λεξικόν, Ήλιος (1945)
  • Papyrus Larousse Britannica: Πάπυρος - Λαρούς - Μπριτάννικα (1975–2004)
  • Suda: historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world (10th century)
  • Greek Wikipedia (Ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια)

Gujarati

Encyclopedias written in Gujarati.

  • Bhagvatsingh of Gondal
    with the help of his education minister Chandulal Patel
  • Gujarati Vishwakosh (1985–2009)

Hebrew

Encyclopedias written in Hebrew.

Hindi

Encyclopedias written in

Hindi
.

Hungarian

Encyclopedias written in Hungarian.

Icelandic

Encyclopedias written in Icelandic.

Ido

Encyclopedias written in

Ido
.

  • Ido Wikipedia

Indonesian

Encyclopedias written in Indonesian language.

Italian

Encyclopedias written in Italian.

Japanese

Encyclopedias written in Japanese.

Kazakh

Encyclopedias translated into Kazakh.

Korean

Encyclopedias written in Korean.

Kurdish

Encyclopedias written in Kurdish.

Kyrgyz

Encyclopedias written in Kyrgyz.

Latin

Encyclopedias written in Latin.

Latvian

Encyclopedias written in Latvian.

  • Latviešu konversācijas vārdnīca, 1927–1940
  • Latvijas padomju enciklopēdija, 1981–1988
  • Latvian Wikipedia (2003)

Leonese

Encyclopedias written in Leonese.

Lithuanian

Encyclopedias written in Lithuanian.

Macedonian

Encyclopedias written in Macedonian.

Malagasy

Encyclopedias written in Malagasy.

Malayalam

Encyclopedias written in

Malayalam
.

Marathi

Encyclopedias written in Marathi.

Norwegian

Encyclopedias written in Norwegian.

Persian

Encyclopedias written in Persian.

Polish

Encyclopedias written in Polish.

Portuguese

Encyclopedias written in Portuguese.

Romanian

Encyclopedias written in Romanian.

Also, encyclopedias written in

Moldavian:[12]

Russian

Sanskrit

Encyclopedias written in Sanskrit

Serbian

Encyclopedias written in Serbian.

Serbo-Croatian

Encyclopedias written in Serbo-Croatian.

Sinhalese

Encyclopedias written in

Sinhala
.

  • Sinhalese Encyclopaedia (සිංහල විශ්වකෝෂය)
  • Sinhalese Wikipedia
    (සිංහල විකිපීඩියා)

Slovak

Encyclopedias written in Slovak.

  • Slovenský náučný slovník. 3 volumes 1932. First general encyclopedia in Slovak language.
  • Pyramída. Published between 1971 and 1990 in journal form (224 issues).
  • Encyklopédia Slovenska. 6 volumes, 1977–1982. Focused on Slovakia.
  • Malá slovenská encyklopédia. 1 volume 1993
  • Encyclopaedia Beliana. 20 planned volumes, 1999–, 9 volumes published as of 2021
  • Všeobecný encyklopedický slovník. 2002, four volumes
  • Slovak Wikipedia. 2003–
  • Univerzum – všeobecná obrazová encyklopédia A - Ž. 1 volume, 2011

Slovene

Encyclopedias written in Slovene.

Spanish

Encyclopedias written in Spanish.

Swedish

Encyclopedias written in Swedish.

  • Bonniers familjelexikon (20 volumes, 1983–1986)
  • Bra böckers lexikon (4 editions of 25 volumes each, 1973–1995)
  • Focus (5 volumes, 1958–1960, introducing a new era of smaller modular encyclopedias, several later editions)
  • Kunskapens bok (6 editions, 8 or 9 volumes each, 1937–1959)
  • Lexikon 2000 (25 volumes, 1995)
  • Nationalencyklopedin (20 volumes, 1989–1996)
  • Nordisk familjebok (1876–1899; 2nd ed. 1904–1926)
  • Nordisk familjebok (editions 2-4 of 20+ volumes each, 1904–1957)
  • Susning.nu: a Swedish online wiki started in 2001; anyone-can-edit encyclopedia until 2004; shut down in 2009
  • Svensk uppslagsbok (2 editions, 31 and 32 volumes, 1929–1955)
  • Svenska uppslagsverk:[15] a comprehensive bibliography maintained by collector Christofer Psilander
  • Swedish Wikipedia (Svenskspråkiga Wikipedia)

Tajik

Encyclopedia translated into Tajik.

Tamil

Encyclopedias written in Tamil.

  • Kalaikkaḷañciyam (Encyclopedia) (தமிழில் கலைக்களஞ்சியம்) - 10 voiumes. 15,000 articles.
  • Kulandaikal Kalaikkaḷañciyam (Children's Encyclopedia) - 10 volumes
  • Arivyal Kalaikkaḷañciyam (Science Encyclopedia) 19 volumes (Tanjavur Tamil University)
  • Vazviyal Kalaikkaḷañciyam (Humanities Encyclopedia) 15 volumes (Tanjavur Tamil University)
  • Marutuva Kalaikkaḷañciyam, (Medical Encyclopedia) - 14 volumes.
  • Isai Kalaikkaḷañciyam (Music Encyclopedia) - 3 volumes
  • Encyclopædia Britannica: 28,000 articles: a three-volume encyclopaedia of selected articles from the English version and special articles on Tamil culture and history (பிரிட்டானிக்கா தகவல் களஞ்சியம்)
  • Encyclopaedia of Herbs (மூலிகைக் கலைக்களஞ்சியம்)
  • Islamic Encyclopaedia: written by Abdul Raheem (இஸ்லாமியக் கலைக்களஞ்சியம்)
  • Tamil Wikipedia: Currently has 1,38,627 articles on various fields; one of the main resources for articles in Tamil language

Telugu

Encyclopedias written in Telugu.

  • Andhra Vignana Sarvasvam (ఆంధ్ర విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వము)
  • Andhra Vignanamu (ఆంధ్ర విజ్ఞానము; 7 volumes, 1938–1941)[16]
  • Telugu Wikipedia

Thai

Encyclopedias written in Thai.

  • Ratchabandittayasathan Edition of Thai Encyclopedia (สารานุกรมไทย ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสภา; 30 volumes, 1956–2016)
  • THAI JUNIOR ENCYCLOPEDIA FOUNDATION by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great (สารานุกรมไทยสำหรับเยาวชน โดยพระราชประสงค์ในพระบาทสมเด็จพระบรมชนกาธิเบศร มหาภูมิพลอดุลยเดชมหาราช บรมนาถบพิตร; 44 volumes on going, 1973–present)
  • Thai Encyclopedia by Uthai Sindhusarn (สารานุกรมไทย โดย อุทัย สินธุสาร; 25 volumes, 1973–1979)
  • Pajana-Saranukrom Chabab Tunsamai by Pluang Na Nakhon (พจนะ-สารานุกรมฉบับทันสมัย โดย เปลื้อง ณ นคร; 2 volumes, First is Thai Dictionary, Second is Encyclopedia, 1975)
  • Thailand History Encyclopedia (สารานุกรมประวัติศาสตร์ไทย; 1974) and Thailand Cultural Encyclopedia (สารานุกรมวัฒนธรรมไทย) by So Playnoi (ส.พลายน้อย)
  • Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Thai Edition (Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ภาคภาษาไทย; 3 volumes, 2008)
  • Thai Wikipedia

Turkish

Encyclopedias written in Turkish.

  • Anabritannica

Turkmen

Encyclopedia translated into Turkmen.

Ukrainian

Encyclopedias written in Ukrainian.

Urdu

Encyclopedias written in

Urdu
.

Uzbek

  • Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia (1971–80; 14 vol.)
  • Uzbek National Encyclopedia (2000–06; 12 vol.)

Vietnamese

Encyclopedias written in Vietnamese.

Welsh

Encyclopedias written in Welsh.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Global Arabic Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  2. ^ Mawdoo3
  3. ^ Great Catalan Encyclopedia / Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana Archived 15 May 2016 at the Portuguese Web Archive
  4. ^ Estonica
  5. ^ Dictionnaires généraux, universels, encyclopédiques, et autres… A bibliography of French encyclopedias up to Larousse.
  6. ^ "Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (online version of the dictionary)". Treccani. Retrieved 18 September 2012
  7. (2002–)
  8. ^ Barsa
  9. ^ Biblioteca Universal Archived 14 March 2008 at the Portuguese Web Archive
  10. ^ Diciopédia
  11. ^ Infopédia
  12. ^ Also Romanian, but written with Cyrillic characters, due to Soviet pressure.
  13. ^ "Diccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Americano".
  14. ^ Enciclopedia Jurídica Online
  15. ^ Svenska uppslagsverk
  16. .