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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 Azerbaijan.

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.

  • Riegrův slovník naučný (11 volumes, 1860–1874, supplement vol. 1890)
  • Otto's encyclopedia (Ottův slovník naučný, 28 vols., 1888–1909, 12 supplement vols., Ottův slovník naučný nové doby (incomplete), 1930–1943)
  • Malý slovník naučný (2 volumes, 1925–1929)
  • Masarykův slovník naučný (7 volumes, 1925–1933)
  • Nový velký ilustrovaný Slovník naučný (22 volumes, 1929–1934)
  • Komenského slovník naučný (10 volumes, 1937–1938)
  • Masarykův slovník naučný (7 volumes, 1925–1933)
  • Příruční slovník naučný (PSN, 4 volumes, 1962–1967)
  • Malý encyklopedický slovník A-Ž (1 volume, 1972)
  • Ilustrovaný encyklopedický slovník (IES, 3 volumes, 1980–1982)
  • Malá československá encklopedie (MČSE, 6 volumes, 1984–1987)

Danish

Encyclopedias written in Danish.

Dutch

Encyclopedias written in Dutch.

English

Encyclopedias written in English (A-Z order).

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.

Dictionnaires généraux, universels, encyclopédiques, et autres… A bibliography of French encyclopedias up to Larousse.

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)
  • Suda (Historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world), (10th century)
  • Helios (Νεώτερον Εγκυκλοπαιδικόν Λεξικόν, Ήλιος), (1945)
  • Papyrus Larousse Britannica (Πάπυρος - Λαρούς - Μπριτάννικα) (1975–2004)
  • Greek Wikipedia (Ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια)

Gujarati

Encyclopedias written in Gujarati.

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

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.

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

Leonese

Encyclopedias written in Leonese.

Lithuanian

Encyclopedias written in Lithuanian.

Macedonian

Encyclopedias written in Macedonian.

Malayalam

Encyclopedias written in Malayalam.

Malagasy

Encyclopedias written in Malagasy.

Moldavian

Encyclopedias written into Moldavian.

Nepali

Encyclopedias written in Nepali.

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.

Russian

Encyclopedias written in Russian.

Serbian

Encyclopedias written in Serbian.

Sinhalese

Encyclopedia written in Sinhala.

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

Slovak

Encyclopedias written in Slovak.

Slovene

Encyclopedias written in Slovene.

  • Enciklopedija Slovenije
  • Slovenski veliki leksikon (Mladinska knjiga, 2003 - 2005); set of 3 volumes: ISBN 86-11-14123-7, ISBN 86-11-15085-6, ISBN 86-11-16039-8
  • Slovene Wikipedia (slovenska Wikipedija)

Spanish

Encyclopedias written in Spanish.

Swedish

Encyclopedias written in Swedish.

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

Tajik

Encyclopedia translated into Tajik.

Tamil

Encyclopedia written in Tamil.

  • Encyclopædia Britannica (28000 articles. A three-volume encyclopaedia of selected articles from the English version and special articles on Tamil culture and history. In Tamil பிரிட்டானிக்கா தகவல் களஞ்சியம்)
  • Islamic Encyclopaedia (written by Abdul Raheem. In Tamil இஸ்லாமியக் கலைக்களஞ்சியம்)
  • Encyclopaedia of Herbs (மூலிகைக் கலைக்களஞ்சியம்)
  • Tamil Wikipedia, currently has 48,000 articles on various fields. It is one of the main resources for articles in Tamil language.

Thai

  • Thai Junior Encyclopedia. In Thai สารานุกรมไทยฉบับเยาวชน
  • Thai Wikipedia

Turkish

Encyclopedias written in Turkish

Turkmen

Encyclopedia translated into Turkmen.

Urdu

Encyclopedias written in Urdu

Ukrainian

Encyclopedias written in Ukrainian.

Uzbek

Encyclopedias translated into Uzbek

Vietnamese

Encyclopedias written in Vietnamese.

Welsh

Encyclopedias written in Welsh.

  • Gwyddoniadur Cymru yr Academi Gymreig (also in English)
  • Encyclopaedia Cambrensis - Gwyddoniadur Cymraeg.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (online version of the dictionary)". Treccani. Retrieved 18 September 2012
  2. ^ Dizionario storico della Svizzera (DSS), Armando Dadò editore, Locarno, ISBN 88-8281-100-X (2002-)