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 .
Riegrův slovník naučný (11 volumes, 1860–1874, supplement vol. 1890, online )
Stručný všeobecný slovník věcný (9 volumes, 1874–1885, online )
Otto's encyclopedia (Ottův slovník naučný , 28 vols., 1888–1909, 12 supplement vols., Ottův slovník naučný nové doby (incomplete), 1930–1943, volumes 1–28 online )
Příruční slovník všeobecných vědomostí (2 volumes, 1882–1887, editor Josef Rank, vol 1 online )
Masarykův slovník naučný (7 volumes, 1925–1933)
B. Kočího Malý slovník naučný (2 volumes, 1925–1929, online )
Nový velký ilustrovaný Slovník naučný (22 volumes, 1929–1934, online )
Komenského slovník naučný (10 volumes, 1937–1938)
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)
Diderot (8 volumes, 1999–2000)
Universum (10 volumes, 1999–2001)
Czech Wikipedia (2002–)
Danish
Encyclopedias written in Danish .
Dutch
Encyclopedias written in Dutch .
Egyptian Arabic
English
Encyclopedias written in English.
Academic American Encyclopedia
American Heritage New Pictorial Encyclopedic Guide to the United States (1965)
The American Peoples Encyclopedia ( 1948–1976); the 1948 edition was a 20-volume set published by Spencer Press, Inc., marketed by Sears Roebuck and Company ; the 1962 edition was a revised 20-volume set published by Grolier Incorporated, and marketed by its subsidiary, The Richards Company, Inc.
Asian Encyclopedia of Law : legal encyclopedia from Lawi
Banglapedia : national encyclopedia of Bangladesh , available in English and Bengali
Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia (1889), American encyclopedia and miscellany
Book of Knowledge
Britannica Junior
British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences : 1809, 6 volumes
The British Encyclopedia : 1933, 10 volumes
Cambridge Encyclopedia : one-volume encyclopedia from Cambridge University Press
Canadian Encyclopedia : originally a multi-volume print encyclopedia from Hurtig Publishers focusing on Canadian topics (founded 1985); now a free, online-only publication of the Historica Dominion Institute
Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1859–1979)
The Children's Encyclopedia
Collier's Encyclopedia (1951–1998)
Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland : one-volume encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia : one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University Press
The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge (1891)
Compton's Encyclopedia : 26-volume encyclopedia
Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1728–1788)
Dictionary of the Middle Ages (1982–1989)
The Domestic Encyclopedia (1802, Am. editions 1803, 1821)
Encarta , digital multimedia encyclopedia by Microsoft
Encyclopædia Biblica : published in 1899
Encyclopædia Britannica : in print 1768–2010, online since 1994; see also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite : available on DVD
Encyclopædia Iranica : history and contemporary topics related to Iranian peoples
Encyclopedia Americana
Encyclopedia Judaica : 26-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and Judaism
Encyclopedia of Associations : also available online as Associations Unlimited
Encyclopedia of Distances : Springer-Verlag 2009
Encyclopedia of Law : 120.000-entry legal encyclopedia with a legal dictionary and legal thesaurus
Encyclopedia of Life : online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the living species known to science
Encyclopedia MDPI : online encyclopedia focusing on scientific topics and is aimed at the scholarly community
Encyclopedia of New Zealand : country-specific historical encyclopedia, with contemporary topics
Encyclopaedia of Wales : one volume, also available in Welsh
Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia
Global Encyclopedia : Grolier publication during the 1980s
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Kendal's Pocket Encyclopedia (1802, second edition 1811)
Lexicon Technicum (1704–1744)
Low's Encyclopaedia (1805–1811)
Merit Students Encyclopedia (1967–1992)
The Minor Encyclopedia (1803)
National Geographic Encyclopedia
New American Cyclopedia (1857–1866)
New American Desk Encyclopedia : small paperback encyclopedia
New International Encyclopaedia (1902–1927)
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia : 1900
Oracle Encyclopædia : five-volume encyclopedia published in 1895
Pears Cyclopaedia : one-volume encyclopaedia published annually in the United Kingdom (1897–2017)
The Penguin Encyclopedia : one-volume encyclopedia published by the Penguin Group
The Poets' Encyclopedia
Random House Encyclopedia : one-volume encyclopedia from Random House
TV Tropes (2004)
The Volume Library by Southwestern, 3-volume compendium with aspects of dictionary, almanac and encyclopedia
English Wikipedia (2001)
World Book Encyclopedia : world's best selling print encyclopedia
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 .[ 5]
Galician
Encyclopedias written in Galician .
Georgian
Encyclopedias written in Georgian .
German
Encyclopedias written in German .
Greek
Encyclopedias written in Greek .
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 .
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 .
Britannica (Encyclopædia Britannica - Polish edition) : 49 vols (1997–2005)
Encyklopedia białych plam : 20 vols (2000–2006)
Encyklopedia nowej generacji E2.0 (2008)
Encyklopedia ogólna wiedzy ludzkiej : 12 vols (1872–1877)
Encyklopedia podręczna ilustrowana według 2 najnowszego wydania "Macierzy Polskiej" we Lwowie, uzupełniona i opracowana do użytku naszych czytelników : 4 vols (1906)
Encyklopedia Polski (Encyclopedia of Poland ; 1996)
Encyklopedia popularna ilustrowana treść wszystkich gałęzi wiedzy ludzkiej, podana przystępnie 4 vols (1909–1912)
Encyklopedia Powszechna Kieszonkowa (1888)
Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN : 4 vols (1973–1976)
Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN : 30 vols (2009–2010)
Encyklopedia Powszechna Ultima Thule : 10 vols (1927–1939)
Encyklopedia staropolska ilustrowana : 4 vols (1900–1903)
Great Encyclopedia of PWN (Wielka Encyklopedia PWN) : 31 vols (2001–2005)
Great Universal Encyclopedia of PWN (Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN) : 12 vols (1962–1970)
Ilustrowana encyklopedia : 6 vols (1925–1938)
Internet PWN Encyclopedia (Internetowa encyklopedia PWN) : also referred to as Nowa Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN ; a free Internet encyclopedia published by PWN
Nowa Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN : 8 vols (2004)
Nowe Ateny Albo Akademiia Wszelkiej Sciencyi Pełna, Na Różne Tytuły Jak Na Classes Podzielona, Mądrym Dla Memoryjału, Idiotom Dla Nauki, Politykom Dla Praktyki, Melankolikom Dla Rozrywki Erygowana (1745–1746)
Popularna encyklopedia powszechna 20 vols (1994–1998)
S.Orgelbranda Encyklopedia Powszechna : edition I (1859–1868), edition II (1872–1876), edition III (1898, Orgelbranda Encyklopedia powszechna z ilustracjami i mapami ); 28 vols
Wielka encyklopedia Oxford : 20 vols (2008)
Wielka encyklopedia powszechna ilustrowana : 55 vols (1890–1914)
Wielka ilustrowana encyklopedia powszechna : 20 vols (1929–1938)
Zbiór potrzebniejszych wiadomości (1781)
Polish Wikipedia
Portuguese
Encyclopedias written in Portuguese .
Romanian
Encyclopedias written in Romanian .
Also, encyclopedias written in Moldavian :[ 12]
Russian
Encyclopedias written in Russian .
Sanskrit
Encyclopedias written in Sanskrit
Serbian
Encyclopedias written in Serbian .
Serbo-Croatian
Encyclopedias written in Serbo-Croatian .
Sinhalese
Encyclopedias written in Sinhala .
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.
Barsa
Diccionario Enciclopédico Espasa
Diccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Americano de Literatura, Ciencias y Artes : Barcelona, Montaner y Simón, 1887–1899, reprints and appendices up to 1910: very readable articles, many 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)[ 13]
Enciclonet
Enciclopedia Cousteau Mundo Submarino
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Editorial Codex
La Enciclopedia del Estudiante
Enciclopedia Encarta
Enciclopedia Jurídica Online : from Lawi; for Latin America and Spain; available online;[ 14] edited by lawyers and academics
Enciclopedia Labor
Enciclopedia Libre Universal : also known as Enciclopedia Libre
Enciclopedia Salvat
Enciclopedia Temática Guinness
Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-Americana : the biggest encyclopedia of its time; also known as Enciclopedia Espasa or Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe
Enciclopedia Universal Micronet
Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa
Gran Enciclopedia Asturiana
Gran Enciclopedia Extremeña
Gran Enciclopedia de Andalucía
Gran Enciclopedia Gallega
Gran enciclopedia planeta : 20 volumes, DVD and online encyclopedia, 2004
El Libro de los 1001 porqués
Lo sé todo
Monitor: enciclopedia Salvat para todos : 13 volumes, 1965–70
Nueva enciclopedia cumbre : published by Grolier in 14 volumes and available online
Nueva enciclopedia Durvan
El Nuevo Tesoro de la Juventud : published by Grolier in 20 volumes
Spanish Wikipedia (Wikipedia en español )
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 .
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 .
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
^ "Global Arabic Encyclopedia" . Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012 .
^ Mawdoo3
^ Great Catalan Encyclopedia / Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana Archived 15 May 2016 at the Portuguese Web Archive
^ Estonica
^ Dictionnaires généraux, universels, encyclopédiques, et autres… A bibliography of French encyclopedias up to Larousse.
^ "Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (online version of the dictionary)" . Treccani. Retrieved 18 September 2012
^ Dizionario storico della Svizzera (DSS) Archived 17 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno, ISBN 88-8281-100-X (2002–)
^ Barsa
^ Biblioteca Universal Archived 14 March 2008 at the Portuguese Web Archive
^ Diciopédia
^ Infopédia
^ Also Romanian, but written with Cyrillic characters, due to Soviet pressure.
^ "Diccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Americano" .
^ Enciclopedia Jurídica Online
^ "Svenska uppslagsverk " . Archived from the original on 16 November 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2007 .
^ Datta, Amaresh (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti . Sahitya Akademi . pp. 1172–1173. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0 .
^ Murthy, A. Satyanarayana (1991). Religion and Society: A Study of Koyas . Discovery Publishing House. pp. 16, 189. ISBN 978-81-7141-147-4 .