How to Find Wikibooks Content in Your Language

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Wikibooks' homepage groups language editions by size, so the fastest way to find your language is to scan the three tiers — 10,000+ pages, 1,000+ pages, and 100+ pages — and click the language name. If your language isn't in those tiers, use the full language list at the bottom of the page.

How the homepage is organized

The English Wikibooks homepage presents language editions in three size bands rather than one alphabetical list. Each band is a rough indicator of how much material exists in that language.

Tier What it means Languages listed
10,000+ pages Largest editions Deutsch, English, Français, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, 日本語, Português
1,000+ pages Mid-size editions Shqip, Azərbaycanca, বাংলা, Башҡортса, Català, Čeština, Dansk, Español, Euskara, فارسی, Galego, 한국어, हिन्दी, Bahasa Indonesia, עברית, Lietuvių, मराठी, Polski, සිංහල, Српски / Srpski, Suomi, Svenska, ภาษาไทย, Türkçe, Українська, Tiếng Việt, 中文, Русский
100+ pages Smaller editions Ænglisc, العربية, Български, Беларуская, Eesti, Ελληνικά, Esperanto, Hrvatski, Interlingua, Íslenska, ქართული, ភាសាខ្មែរ, Latina, Limburgs, Македонски, മലയാളം, Bahasa Melayu, Bahaso Minangkabau, Norsk bokmål, Қазақша, Română, संस्कृतम्, Simple English, Slovenčina, Slovenščina, Tagalog, ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး, தமிழ், Татарча / Tatarça, తెలుగు, اردو

The page counts are approximate and change as editors add content, so treat the tiers as a rough guide to edition size, not an exact figure.

Step-by-step: switching to your language

  1. Open the Wikibooks homepage. The heading reads "Wikibooks — Free textbooks," followed by the three size tiers.
  2. Locate your language. Scan the tier that matches the size of the edition you expect. For example, if you want German, look in the 10,000+ band; if you want Hindi, look in the 1,000+ band.
  3. Click the language name. The link takes you to that language's Wikibooks site, where the interface and content are in that language.
  4. If you don't see your language, scroll down. A longer list of languages appears below the tiered sections, including smaller editions and languages with fewer than 100 pages.

The homepage also offers a Search Wikibooks box and a "Read Wikibooks in your language" section, so you can either search directly or pick a language from the list.

What to expect after switching

Once you land on a language edition, the content is written in that language, but the structure is the same: free textbooks organized by subject. The English edition is the largest, with 98,000+ pages, followed by Deutsch (34,000+ Seiten) and Français (22,000+ pages). Smaller editions may have fewer complete books, so if you can't find a topic in your language, check whether a larger edition covers it.

Common issues

  • Your language isn't listed at all. The homepage shows the most active editions; very small or newly started editions may not appear. Try the full language list at the bottom of the page.
  • The page count looks outdated. The tiers are updated periodically, not in real time, so a language may have grown or shrunk since the last update.
  • You want to read in a language but write in another. Each language edition is a separate wiki, so you'll need to visit the edition for the language you want to contribute to.

Quick answer

To find Wikibooks in your language: open the homepage, find your language in the 10,000+, 1,000+, or 100+ tier, and click it. If it's not there, scroll to the full language list at the bottom. The tier tells you roughly how much content to expect.