This is a list of encyclopedias by language.

[edit] Albanian

Encyclopedias written in Albanian.

• Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (Albanian edition - the very first encyclopedia published in Albanian)
• Albanian Wikipedia (Wikipedia shqip)

[edit] Arabic

Encyclopedias written in Arabic.

[edit] Belarusian

Encyclopedias written in Belarusian

• Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia (1969-1976) (Бе�»аñ�ñ�ñ�каñ� ñ�авеñ�каñ� ñ�нñ�ñ�к�»а�¿едñ�ñ�)
• Belarusian Encyclopedia (1996-2004) (Бе�»аñ�ñ�ñ�каñ� ñ�нñ�ñ�к�»а�¿едñ�ñ�)

[edit] Bulgarian

Encyclopedias written in Bulgarian

• Danchovi Bros Bulgarian Encyclopedia (1936) (БñŠ�»гаñ�ñ�ка енñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ� на Бñ�аñ�ñ� Данñ�ови)
• Concise Bulgarian Encyclopedia (1963-1969) (�šñ�аñ�ка бñŠ�»гаñ�ñ�ка енñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ�)
• Encyclopedia Bulgaria (1981-1997) (Енñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ� БñŠ�»гаñ�иñ�)
• Bulgarian Wikipedia (Уики�¿едиñ� на бñŠ�»гаñ�ñ�ки език)

[edit] Catalan

Encyclopedias written in Catalan.

• Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana [1] (Catalan Encyclopedia)

[edit] Chinese

Encyclopedias written in Chinese.

[edit] Croatian

Encyclopedia written in Croatian.

• Enciklopedija hrvatske umjetnosti (1995'1996) (Encyclopedia of Croatian Art)
• Filmska enciklopedija (1986'1990) (Film Encyclopedia)
• General Encyclopedia of the Yugoslavian Lexicographical Institute (Opä�a enciklopedija Jugoslavenskog leksikografskog zavoda)
• Hrvatska enciklopedija (1999'2007) (Croatian Encyclopedia)
• Istarska enciklopedija (2005) (Istrian Encyclopedia)
• KrleÅ�ijana (1993'1999) (Encyclopedia of Miroslav KrleÅ�a)
• Medicinska enciklopedija (1967'1986) (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Pomorska enciklopedija (1972'1989) (Naval Encyclopedia)
• Tehniä�ka enciklopedija (1963'1997) (Technical Encyclopedia)
• Croatian Wikipedia (Wikipedija na hrvatskom jeziku)

[edit] Danish

Encyclopedias written in Danish.

• Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
• Den Store Danske Encyklopædi
• Danish Wikipedia

[edit] Dutch

Encyclopedias written in Dutch.

• Winkler Prins Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie (1870'1882; 2nd ed. 1884-1888)
• Oosthoek's Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie (1916'1923; 7th ed. 1976-1981)
• Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie (1971'1979)
• Grote Spectrum Encyclopedie (1974'1980)
• Dutch Wikipedia (Nederlandstalige Wikipedia)
• Eerste Nederlandse Systematisch Ingerichte Encyclopaedie (abbr. E.N.S.I.E., "First Dutch Systematically Arranged Encyclopaedia")

[edit] English

Encyclopedias written in English.

• Academic American Encyclopedia
• Britannica Junior
• Book of Knowledge
• The Children's Encyclopedia
• Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland: a one volume encyclopedia
• Columbia Encyclopedia: a one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University Press
• Cambridge Encyclopedia: a one-volume encyclopedia from Cambridge University Press
• Compton's Encyclopedia: 26 volume encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Americana
• Encyclopædia Biblica: published in 1899.
• Encyclopædia Britannica See also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
• Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite, available on DVD
• Encyclopedia of Associations, also available online as Associations Unlimited.
• Funk & Wagnalls
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
• New American Desk Encyclopedia: Small paperback encyclopedia
• Oracle Encyclopædia: a five volume encyclopedia published in 1895
• The Poets' Encyclopedia
• Random House Encyclopedia: a one-volume encyclopedia from Random House
• Pears Cyclopaedia: a one-volume encyclopaedia published annually in the United Kingdom
• The Penguin Encyclopedia: a one-volume encyclopedia published by the Penguin Group
• Encyclopaedia of Wales, one volume, also available in Welsh.
• World Book Encyclopedia World Book is the world's best selling print encyclopedia
• New International Encyclopaedia (1902'1927)
• Collier's Encyclopedia (1951'1998)
• Encyclopædia Iranica: history and contemporary topics related to Iranian peoples.
• The Nuttall Encyclopaedia: 1900
• Dictionary of the Middle Ages (1982'1989)
• English Wikipedia (2001)
• Banglapedia, the national encyclopedia of Bangladesh, available in English and Bengali

[edit] Estonian

Encyclopedias written in Estonian.

• Eesti Üleüldise teaduse raamat ehk encyklopädia konversationi-lexikon by Karl August Hermann (1900'1906)
• Eesti Entsüklopeedia (1932'1937)
• Eesti nõukogude entsüklopeedia (1968'1976)
• ENEKE (1982'1986)
• Eesti Nõukogude Entsüklopeedia (ENE) (1985'1990) / Eesti entsüklopeedia (EE) (1990'2006)
• Estonian Wikipedia (2002)
• Estonica.
• TEA entsüklopeedia (2008)

[edit] French

Encyclopedias written in French.

• Encyclopédie (1751'1772)
• Encyclopédie Méthodique (Panckoucke) 1782'1832
• Encyclopédie nouvelle (Pierre Leroux and Jean Reynaud) 1839'1840
• Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle by Pierre Larousse (17 volumes 1866'1877) 'really an encyclopedia despite its name
• La Grande Encyclopédie, general secretaries of the editorial board: Camille Dreyfus and André Berthelot (31 volumes 1886'1902)
• Grand Larousse encyclopédique (1960'1964)
• Encyclopædia Universalis (1968'....)
• Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse
• Claude Augé Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré
• Encyclopaedia Britannica translated into French
• French Wikipedia (Wikipédia francophone)

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

[edit] German

Encyclopedias written in German.

• Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon (1751'1754)
• Conversations-Lexikon mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf die gegenwärtigen Zeiten (1796'1808; see Brockhaus)
• Oekonomische Encyklopädie (General System of State, City, Home and Agriculture) Editor Johann Georg Krünitz (242 Volumes 1773'1858)
• Brockhaus (eds. 1'14 by 1900)
• Pierers Universal-Lexikon (1824'1836; 7th ed. 1888'1893)
• Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (1839'1855; 5th ed. 1893'1897)
• Herders Konversations-Lexikon (1854'1857; 2nd ed. 1875'1879)
• German Wikipedia (Deutsche Wikipedia)

[edit] Greek

Encyclopedias written in Greek.

• Suda (Historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world), (10th century)
• Helios (î�î��Ž�„î�ρî¿î� î�î�î�υî�î»î¿πî�î�î�î�î�όî� î�î�î�î�î�όî�, î�î»î�î¿ς), (1950)
• Papyrus - Larousse ' Britannica (î�î�πυρî¿ς - î�î�ρî¿ύς - î�πρî��„î�î�î�î�î�î�) (1975'2004)
• Greek Wikipedia (î�î»î»î�î�î�î�î� î�î�î�î�πî�î�î�î�î�î�)

[edit] Gujarati

Encyclopedias written in Gujarati.

• "Bhagavadgomandal" - Completed around by Bhagvatsingh of Gondal with the help of his education minister Chandulal Patel.
• Gujarati Vishwakosh (1985'2009)

[edit] Hindi

Encyclopedias written in Hindi.

• Encyclopædia Britannica in Hindi (à��à��à��à��à��à��à��à��à��à�¿à�¡à�¿à��à�� à��à��à��à�¿à��à��à��à�¿à��à��)
• Hindi Wikipedia
• CDAC Hindi Vishvakosh(à��à��à�¡à��à�� à��à�¿à��à��à��à�� à��à�¿à��à��à��à��à��à��)

[edit] Hungarian

Encyclopedias written in Hungarian.

• Pallas Nagy Lexikona 1893'1900
• Révai Nagy Lexikona 1911'1935
• Tolnai Vil�¡glexikona 1912-1918, 1926'1930
• A Napkelet Lexikona 1927
• Uj IdÅ�k Lexikona 1936'1942
• �šj Magyar Lexikon 1961'1972
• Magyar Nagylexikon 1993'2004
• Britannica Hungarica Vil�¡genciklopédia 1994'2001
• Pannon Enciklopédia
• Hungarian Wikipedia 2003-

[edit] Icelandic

Encyclopedias written in Icelandic

• Íslenska alfræðiorðabókin A-Ö

[edit] Italian

Encyclopedias written in Italian.

• Enciclopedia italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti (1929'1960)
• Dizionario enciclopedico italiano (1955-)
• Italian Wikipedia (Wikipedia in italiano)

[edit] Japanese

Encyclopedias written in Japanese.

[edit] Korean

Encyclopedias written in Korean.

• Doosan Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
• Jibong yuseol
• Korean Wikipedia

[edit] Latin

Encyclopedias written in Latin.

• Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville
• Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder
• Speculum Maius of Vincent of Beauvais
• Latin Wikipedia

[edit] Latvian

Encyclopedias written in Latvian.

• Latvian Wikipedia (2003)

[edit] Leonese

Encyclopedias written in Leonese.

• Llionpedia (2009)

[edit] Lithuanian

Encyclopedias written in Lithuanian.

[edit] Macedonian

Encyclopedias written in Macedonian.

• Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (Macedonian edition - the very first encyclopedia published in Macedonian)
• Macedonian Wikipedia (Вики�¿едиñ�а)

[edit] Malayalam

Encyclopedias written in Malayalam.

• Srava Vijyana Kosham
• Puranic Encyclopedia Vettom Mani Published By DC Books
• Malayalam Britannica
• Malayalam Wikipedia

[edit] Norwegian

Encyclopedias written in Norwegian.

• Store norske leksikon
• Caplex
• Norwegian Wikipedia

[edit] Persian

Encyclopedias written in Persian.

• Treasure Box of Knowledge (1993)
• Encyclopedia of Sophistication (2003)
• Persian Wikipedia (2004)
• The Encyclopedia of Iranian Old Music (2000)
• Encyclopedia of Persian Language and Literature
• Encyclopedia of Iran and Islam
  • Encyclopedia of Islam World
• The Big Islamic Encyclopedia

Loghatnameh Dehkhoda

• The Persian Encyclopedia

[edit] Polish

Encyclopedias written in Polish.

• Big Universal Encyclopedia of PWN (Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN) - Published by PWN (1962'1970) - 12 volumes
• Big Encyclopedia of PWN (Wielka Encyklopedia PWN) - Published by PWN (2001'2005) - 30 volumes
• Internet PWN Encyclopedia (Internetowa encyklopedia PWN), also referred to as 'Nowa encyklopedia powszechna PWN', is a free Internet Encyclopedia published by PWN
• Polish Wikipedia

[edit] Portuguese

Encyclopedias written in Portuguese.

• Biblioteca Universal - Published by Texto Editora (paper, multimedia and Online) [2]
• Diciopédia - Published by Porto Editora (Multimedia and Online) [3]
• Infopédia - Published by Porto Editora (Online) [4]
• Barsa (encyclopedia) - [5]
• Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira (since 1936) - 40 Volumes and later supplements
• Enciclopédia Luso-Brasileira de Cultura - Published by Editorial Verbo (1963'1995) - 22 volumes
• Enciclopédia Verbo Edição Século XXI - Published by Editorial Verbo (since 1998) - 29 volumes

[edit] Romanian

Encyclopedias written in Romanian.

• Enciclopedia Românä� (1899'1904)
• Enciclopedia Cugetarea (1940, 1999)
• Lexiconul Tehnic Român (1948'1968)
• DicÅ�ionar enciclopedic român (1962'1966)
• Romanian Wikipedia

[edit] Russian

Encyclopedias written in Russian.

• Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (Энñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ�еñ�кий ñ��»оваñ�ñ� Бñ�окгаñ�за и Еñ„ñ�она, 1890'1906)
• Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation (Энñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ� оñ�еñ�еñ�ñ�венной мñ��»ñ�ñ�и�¿�»икаñ�ии)
• Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Бо�»ñ�ñ�аñ� �¡овеñ�ñ�каñ� ñ�нñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ�, Б�¡Э)
• Great Russian Encyclopedia (Бо�»ñ�ñ�аñ� Роñ�ñ�ийñ�каñ� ñ�нñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ�, БРЭ)
• Soviet Encyclopedic Dictionary (�¡овеñ�ñ�кий Энñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ�еñ�кий �¡�»оваñ�ñ�, �¡Э�¡)
• Russian Wikipedia (Рñ�ñ�ñ�каñ� Вики�¿едиñ�)

[edit] Serbian

Encyclopedias written in Serbian.

• Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (1955'1971) (Енñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ�а Јñ�гоñ��»авиñ�е)
• General Encyclopedia of the Yugoslavian Lexicographical Institute (Opä�a enciklopedija Jugoslavenskog leksikografskog zavoda)
• Serbian Wikipedia (Вики�¿едиñ�а на ñ�ñ��¿ñ�ком ñ�езикñ�)
• Vojna Enciklopedija (Воñ�на Енñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ�а - Military Encyclopedia)
• Encyclopædia Britannica (concise edition, Serbian translation)
• Srpska Porodiä�na Enciklopedija (�¡ñ��¿ñ�ка Поñ�одиñ�на Енñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ�а - Serbian Family Encyclopedia)
• Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija (1985) (Ма�»а Пñ�оñ�веñ�ина Енñ�ик�»о�¿едиñ�а - Prosveta's Small Encyclopedia)

[edit] Sinhalese

Encyclopedia written in Sinhala.

• Sinhalese Encyclopaedia (à��à��à��à�„à�� à��à��à��à�Šà��à�šà��à��à��)

[edit] Slovak

Encyclopedias written in Slovak.

• Encyclopaedia Beliana

[edit] Slovene

Encyclopedias written in Slovene.

• Enciklopedija Slovenije
• Slovene Wikipedia (slovenska Wikipedija)

[edit] Spanish

Encyclopedias written in Spanish.

• Diccionario Enciclopédico Espasa
• Diccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Americano de Literatura, Ciencias y Artes: Barcelona, Montaner y Simón, 1887'1899, reprints and appendices up to 1910. Wonderful and very readable articles, many of them written by known Spanish scholars of the day. Reprinted by the London editor Walter M. Jackson (C. H. Simonds Company, Impresores, Boston, Estados Unidos de Norte América). See reference at http://www.filosofia.org/enc/eha/eha.htm
• El Nuevo Tesoro de la Juventud, published by Grolier in 20 volumes
• Enciclopedia Encarta
• Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana; the biggest encyclopedia of its time. Also known as Enciclopedia Espasa o Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe
• Enciclopedia Labor
• Enciclopedia Libre Universal also known as Enciclopedia Libre
• Monitor: enciclopedia Salvat para todos, 13 volumes, 1965'70
• Gran enciclopedia planeta, 20 volumes, DVD and on-line encyclopedia, 2004
• Nueva enciclopedia Durvan
• Nueva enciclopedia cumbre, published by Grolier in 14 volumes and available online.
• Spanish Wikipedia (Wikipedia en español)

[edit] 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 wiki started in 2001, but little updated after 2004)
• Swedish Wikipedia (Svenskspråkiga Wikipedia)
• Svenska uppslagsverk, a comprehensive bibliography maintained by collector Christofer Psilander

[edit] Urdu

Encyclopedias written in Urdu

• Shahkar Islami Encyclopedia
• Shahkar Encyclopedia Pakistan
• Shahkar Encyclopedia Falakiat (Encyclopedia Astronomy)
• Shahkar Encyclopedia Ijadat (Encyclopedia Inventions)

[edit] Ukrainian

Encyclopedias written in Ukrainian.

• Encyclopedia of Ukraine (Енñ�ик�»о�¿едñ�ñ� ñ�кñ�аñ�нознавñ�ñ�ва)
• Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (Укñ�аñ�нñ�ñ�ка ñ�адñ�нñ�ñ�ка енñ�ик�»о�¿едñ�ñ�)
• Universal Encyclopedic Dictionary (Унñ�веñ�ñ�а�»ñ�ний ñ��»овник-енñ�ик�»о�¿едñ�ñ�, 1999, last updated in 2006)
• Ukrainian Wikipedia (Укñ�аñ�нñ�ñ�ка Вñ�кñ��¿едñ�ñ�)

[edit] Vietnamese

Encyclopedias written in Vietnamese.

[edit] Welsh

Encyclopedias written in Welsh.

• Gwyddoniadur Cymru yr Academi Gymreig (also in English)

[edit] See also

• List of encyclopedias