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World Languages

From Amharic to Urdu, our libraries hold books in over 50 languages for both kids and adults. Explore our language collections, and the libraries which hold them, below.

World language collection locations
Language Locations On the Catalogue

Afrikaans

Amharic | አማርኛ

Arabic | َلْعَرَبِيَّة

Bengali | বাংলা

Burmese | မြန်မာဘာသာ

Chinese | 汉语

All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown

Cook Islands Māori | Māori Kūki ‘Āirani

Dutch | Nederlands

  • Off-site Storage

Farsi/Persian | فارسی

Fijian | Na vosa vaka-Viti

French | Français

All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown

German | Deutsch

All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown

Greek | Ελληνικά

Gujarati | ગુજરાતી

Hindi | हिन्दी

Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia

  • Off-site Storage

Italian | Italiano

Japanese | 日本語

Korean | 한국어

Malay | Bahasa Melayu

  • Off-site Storage

Nepali | नेपाली

  • Off-site Storage

Niuean | ko e vagahau Niuē

Oromo | Afaan Oromoo

Panjabi/Punjabi | جابی | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

Polish | Polski

Portuguese | Português

  • Off-site Storage

Russian | Pусский

Samoan | Gagana Sāmoa

All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown

Sinhala/Sinhalese | සිංහල

Somali | Af-Soomaali

Kilbirnie, Miramar, Newtown, Off-site Storage

Spanish | Español

All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown

Swedish | Svensk

  • Off-site Storage

Tagalog/Filipino | Wikang Filipino

Tamil | தமிழ்

Thai | ภาษาไทย

Tigrinya | ትግርኛ

Tokelauan | Gagana Tokelau

Tongan | lea fakatonga

Tuvaluan | 'gana Tuvalu

Ukrainian | українська

  • Off-site Storage

Urdu | ُردُو

Vietnamese | tiếng Việt

  • Off-site Storage
These are dedicated collections. For all the World Languages books we hold, check our catalogue.