Languages with Nobel Laureates in Literature

Can you guess the languages which Nobel Laureates in Literature made works in?
Nobel Laureates who made works in multiple languages are counted under all those languages
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# of Laureates
Language
32
English
16
French
15
German
11
Spanish
7
Swedish
6
Italian
6
Russian
5
Polish
4
Norwegian
3
Danish
2
Chinese
2
Greek
2
Hungarian
2
Japanese
1
Arabic
1
Bengali
1
Czech
1
Finnish
1
Hebrew
1
Icelandic
1
Korean
1
Occitan
1
Portuguese
1
Serbo-Croatian
1
Turkish
1
Yiddish
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Level 74
Jan 27, 2025
Surprised that there have been no Dutch laureates.
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Level 75
Jan 28, 2025
It is really interesting how there hasn't been a single Dutch Nobel laureate in literature. The closest we have is a Belgian Nobel laureate in literature, and he is Flemish, but his work was in French.