- Afrikaans: skrywer (af)
- Albanian: shkrimtar (sq) m, shkrimtare (sq) f, autor (sq) m, autore (sq) f
- Arabic: كَاتِب (ar) m (kātib), كَاتِبَة f (kātiba), مُؤَلِّف m (muʔallif), مُؤَلِّفَة f (muʔallifa)
- Armenian: գրող (hy) (groġ)
- Aromanian: scriitor m
- Assamese: লেখক (lekhok)
- Asturian: escritor (ast) m
- Azerbaijani: yazıçı (az)
- Bashkir: яҙыусы (yaźıwsı)
- Basque: idazle
- Belarusian: пісьме́ннік m (pisʹmjénnik), пісьме́нніца f (pisʹmjénnica), а́ўтар m (áŭtar), а́ўтарка f (áŭtarka)
- Bengali: লেখক (bn) (lekhok)
- Bulgarian: писа́тел (bg) m (pisátel), писа́телка f (pisátelka), а́втор (bg) m (ávtor), а́вторка f (ávtorka)
- Burmese: စာရေးဆရာ (my) (care:hca.ra)
- Catalan: escriptor (ca) m, escriptora (ca) f
- Cebuano: tigsuwat
- Chechen: йаздархо (jazdarxo), яздархо (jazdarxo)
- Cherokee: ᏗᏃᏪᎵᏍᎩ (dinowelisgi)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 作家 (zok3 gaa1)
- Mandarin: 作家 (zh) (zuòjiā), 作者 (zh) (zuòzhě), 筆者/笔者 (zh) (bǐzhě)
- Crimean Tatar: müellif
- Czech: spisovatel (cs) m, spisovatelka (cs) f, autor (cs) m, autorka (cs) f
- Danish: forfatter (da) c
- Dutch: schrijver (nl) m, schrijfster (nl) f, auteur (nl) m or f
- Elfdalian: fefatter m
- Esperanto: skribanto, (professional) skribisto, verkisto
- Estonian: kirjanik (et)
- Ewe: nuŋlɔla
- Faroese: rithøvundur m
- Finnish: kirjoittaja (fi), kirjailija (fi)
- French: écrivain (fr) m, auteur (fr) m
- Friulian: scritôr m
- Galician: escritor (gl) m
- Georgian: მწერალი (mc̣erali), ჭარუ (č̣aru)
- German: Schriftsteller (de) m, Schriftstellerin (de) f, Autor (de) m, Autorin (de) f, Schreiber (de) m, Schreiberin (de) f
- Greek: συγγραφέας (el) m or f (syngraféas)
- Ancient: συγγραφεύς m (sungrapheús), γραφεύς m (grapheús)
- Greenlandic: atuakkiortoq, oqaluttualiortoq
- Hebrew: כּוֹתֵב (kotév), סוֹפֵר (he) m (sofér), מְחַבֵּר (he) m (m'khabér)
- Hindi: लेखक (hi) m (lekhak), लेखिका (hi) f (lekhikā), क़लमकार (qalamkār), साहित्यकार (hi) (sāhityakār), लिक्खाड़ (hi) (likkhāṛ), पुस्तककार (pustakkār), मुसन्निफ़ (musannif), कातिब (hi) (kātib), मुहर्रिर (hi) (muharrir), लिपिक (hi) (lipik), राक़िम (rāqim), लिखारी (hi) (likhārī), नवीसंदा (navīsandā), राक़िमुल-हुरुफ़ (rāqimul-huruf), दबीर (hi) (dabīr), अदीब (hi) (adīb), रचयिता (hi) (racyitā), रचयित्री (racyitrī), इंशापरदाज़ (iñśāpardāz), ख़ामा-फ़रसा (xāmā-farsā), रचनाकार (racnākār), लिखाड़ी (likhāṛī)
- Hungarian: író (hu) m, írónő (hu) f
- Hunsrik: Schreiver m, Schreivrin f
- Icelandic: rithöfundur (is) m
- Inari Sami: kirječällee
- Indonesian: penulis (id), pengarang (id)
- Ingrian: kirjuttaja, kirjailija
- Interlingua: scriptor
- Irish: scríbhneoir m
- Italian: scrittore (it) m, scrittrice (it) f, autore (it) m, autrice (it) f
- Japanese: 著者 (ja) (ちょしゃ, chosha), 作家 (ja) (さっか, sakka), 筆者 (ja) (ひっしゃ, hissha)
- Kalmyk: бичәч (biçäç)
- Kashubian: pisôrz m, pisôrka f
- Kazakh: жазушы (kk) (jazuşy)
- Khmer: អ្នកនិពន្ធ (nĕək nipŭən), គន្ថការ (kŭənthaʼkaa)
- Korean: 저자(著者) (ko) (jeoja), 작가(作家) (ko) (jakga), 필자(筆者) (ko) (pilja), 글쓴이 (geulsseuni), 작자(作者) (ko) (jakja)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نوسەر (nuser)
- Kyrgyz: жазуучу (ky) (jazuucu)
- Lao: ນັກຂຽນ (lo) (nak khīan)
- Latin: scriptor m, scriptrix f
- Latvian: rakstnieks m, rakstniece f, autors m, autore f
- Ligurian: scritô
- Lingala: mokomi class c1/c2
- Lithuanian: rašytojas (lt) m, rašytoja (lt) f, autorius m, autorė f
- Lü: please add this translation if you can
- Luxembourgish: Schrëftsteller m, Auteur m
- Macedonian: писател m (pisatel), писателка f (pisatelka), автор m (avtor), авторка f (avtorka)
- Maguindanao: panunurat
- Malay: penulis (ms), pengarang, mualif, katib
- Maltese: kittieb m
- Manx: screeudeyr m
- Maori: kaituhi
- Maranao: panonorat
- Marathi: लेखक m (lekhak), लेखिका f (lekhikā)
- Mauritian Creole: ekrivin
- Mon: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: зохиолч (mn) (zoxiolč), бичээч (mn) (bičeeč)
- Norman: auteu m (Jersey)
- Northern Sami: čálli, girječálli
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: forfatter (no) m, skribent m
- Occitan: escrivan (oc) m
- Old English: wrītere
- Pali: lekhaka m
- Pashto: ليکوال (ps) m (likwāl)
- Persian: نویسنده (fa) (nevisande)
- Plautdietsch: Schreftstala m
- Polish: pisarz (pl) m, pisarka (pl) f, autor (pl) m, autorka (pl) f
- Portuguese: escritor (pt) m, escritora f
- Punjabi: لِکھاری (likhārī)
- Romanian: scriitor (ro) m, scriitoare (ro) f, autor de cărți m
- Romansch: scriptur m, sriptura f, scrivent m, scriventa f
- Russian: писа́тель (ru) m (pisátelʹ), писа́тельница (ru) f (pisátelʹnica), а́втор (ru) m (ávtor)
- Samoan: tusitala
- Sanskrit: लेखक (sa) m (lekhaka)
- Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhadair m, sgrìobhaiche m
- Seraiki: لِکھاری (skr) (likhārī)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пи́сац m, писатељ m, писатѐљица f, спѝсатељ m, списатѐљица f, а̀утор m, а̀уторица f
- Roman: písac (sh) m, pisatelj m, pisatèljica f, spìsatelj (sh) m, spisatèljica (sh) f, àutor (sh) m, àutorica (sh) f
- Shan: ၽူႈတႅမ်ႈ (phūu tēm)
- Silesian: pisŏrz m
- Sinhalese: ලියන්නා (liyannā)
- Slovak: spisovateľ m, spisovateľka f, autor (sk) m, autorka (sk) f
- Slovene: pisátelj (sl) m, pisáteljica f, písec m, avtor m, avtorica f
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: spisowaćel m, spisowaćelka f
- Spanish: escritor (es) m, escritora (es) f
- Swahili: mwandishi (sw)
- Swedish: skribent (sv) c (of shorter articles, speeches, etc.), författare (sv) c (of books), skriftställare (sv) c (of several genres, may also publish and translate)
- Tagalog: manunulat (tl)
- Tai Nüa: please add this translation if you can
- Tajik: нависанда (tg) (navisanda)
- Tatar: язучы (tt) (yazuçı)
- Tausug: julo tulis
- Telugu: రచయిత (te) (racayita), రచయిత్రి (racayitri), గ్రంథకర్త (granthakarta), లేఖరి (te) (lēkhari), వ్రాశేవాడు (te) (vrāśēvāḍu)
- Thai: นักเขียน (th) (nák-kǐian), ผู้เขียน (pûu-kǐian)
- Turkish: müellif (tr), yazar (tr), yazıcı (tr)
- Turkmen: ýazyjy
- Ukrainian: письме́нник (uk) m (pysʹménnyk), письме́нниця f (pysʹménnycja), а́втор (uk) m (ávtor), а́вторка (uk) f (ávtorka)
- Urdu: لیکَھک m (lekhak), مُصَنِّف (musannif)
- Uyghur: يازغۇچى (yazghuchi)
- Uzbek: yozuvchi (uz)
- Vietnamese: nhà văn (vi) (家文)
- Volapük: lautan (vo)
- Walloon: scrijheu (wa) m, scrijheuse (wa) f
- Welsh: ysgrifennwr (cy) m
- Yiddish: מחבר m (mekhaber), מעכאַבער m (mekhaber), שרײַבער m (shrayber), אויטאָר m (oytor), פֿאַרפֿאַסער m (farfaser), שריפֿטשטעלער m (shriftshteler), וואָרטקינסטלער m (vortkinstler), ליטעראַט m (literat), פֿעדערניק m (federnik)
- Yucatec Maya: aj tsʼíib (male), ix tsʼíib (female)
- Zazaki: nusger, nustekar
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