diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
index e7c6095be34b..e12231381518 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ of pulling the upstream container image from Docker Hub. If you want the old beh
 
 - `services.frp` now supports multiple instances through `services.frp.instances` to make it possible to run multiple frp clients or servers at the same time.
 
+- `hyphen` now supports over 40 language variants through `hyphenDicts` and now allows to enable all supported languages through `hyphenDicts.all`.
+
 - [services.resolved](#opt-services.resolved.enable) module was converted to RFC42-style settings. The moved options have also been renamed to match the upstream names. Aliases mean current configs will continue to function, but users should move to the new options as convenient.
 
 - `services.openssh` now supports generating host SSH keys by setting `services.openssh.generateHostKeys = true` while leaving `services.openssh.enable` disabled.  This is particularly useful for systems that have no need of an SSH daemon but want SSH host keys for other purposes such as using agenix or sops-nix.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hyphen/dictionaries.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hyphen/dictionaries.nix
index f805aac6956c..7714dc4e5956 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hyphen/dictionaries.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hyphen/dictionaries.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchgit,
   fetchurl,
+  symlinkJoin,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -13,13 +14,14 @@ let
   libreofficeCommit = "9e27d044d98e65f89af8c86df722a77be827bdc8";
   libreofficeSubdir = "de";
 
-  mkDictFromLibreofficeGit =
+  # this does not assume any structure for dictFilePath and readmeFilePath
+  mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom =
     {
       subdir,
       shortName,
       shortDescription,
-      dictFileName,
-      readmeFileName,
+      dictFilePath,
+      readmeFilePath ? "",
     }:
     stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       version = "24.8";
@@ -41,78 +43,499 @@ let
         runHook preInstall
         cd $src/${subdir}
         install -dm755 "$out/share/hyphen"
-        install -m644 "hyph_${dictFileName}.dic" "$out/share/hyphen"
+        install -m644 "${dictFilePath}" "$out/share/hyphen"
         # docs
-        install -dm755 "$out/share/doc/"
-        install -m644 "README_${readmeFileName}.txt" "$out/share/doc/${pname}.txt"
+        if [ -n "${readmeFilePath}" ]; then
+          install -dm755 "$out/share/doc/"
+          install -m644 "${readmeFilePath}" "$out/share/doc/${pname}.txt"
+        fi
         runHook postInstall
       '';
     };
 
-in
-rec {
-
-  # ENGLISH
-
-  en_US = en-us;
-  en-us = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    nativeBuildInputs = hyphen.nativeBuildInputs;
-    version = hyphen.version;
-    pname = "hyphen-dict-en-us";
-    src = hyphen.src;
-    meta = {
-      inherit (hyphen.meta)
-        homepage
-        platforms
-        license
-        maintainers
-        ;
-      description = "Hyphen dictionary for English (United States)";
+  # wrapper for backwards compatibility
+  mkDictFromLibreofficeGit =
+    {
+      subdir,
+      shortName,
+      shortDescription,
+      dictFileName,
+      readmeFileName ? "",
+    }:
+    mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom {
+      inherit subdir;
+      inherit shortName;
+      inherit shortDescription;
+      dictFilePath = "hyph_${dictFileName}.dic";
+      readmeFilePath = if (readmeFileName != "") then "README_${readmeFileName}.txt" else "";
     };
-    installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
-      make install-hyphDATA
-      runHook postInstall
-    '';
+
+  dicts = rec {
+
+    # see https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Dictionaries
+    # for a list of available hyphenation dictionaries
+
+    # see https://github.com/LibreOffice/dictionaries
+    # for the sources and to find the names of the README files
+
+    # AFRIKAANS
+
+    af_ZA = af-za;
+    af-za = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "af_ZA";
+      shortName = "af-za";
+      shortDescription = "Afrikaans";
+      dictFileName = "af_ZA";
+      readmeFileName = "af_ZA";
+    };
+
+    # BELARUSSIAN
+
+    be_BY = be-by;
+    be-by = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "be_BY";
+      shortName = "be-by";
+      shortDescription = "Belarussian";
+      dictFileName = "be_BY";
+      readmeFileName = "be_BY";
+    };
+
+    # BULGARIAN
+
+    bg_BG = bg-bg;
+    bg-bg = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "bg_BG";
+      shortName = "bg-bg";
+      shortDescription = "Bulgarian";
+      dictFileName = "bg_BG";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_bg_BG";
+    };
+
+    # CATALAN
+
+    ca_ES = ca-es;
+    ca-es = mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom {
+      subdir = "ca";
+      shortName = "ca-es";
+      shortDescription = "Catalan";
+      dictFilePath = "dictionaries/hyph_ca.dic";
+      readmeFilePath = "README_hyph_ca.txt";
+    };
+
+    # CZECH
+
+    cs_CZ = cs-cz;
+    cs-cz = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "cs_CZ";
+      shortName = "cs-cz";
+      shortDescription = "Czech";
+      dictFileName = "cs_CZ";
+      readmeFileName = "cs";
+    };
+
+    # DANISH
+
+    da_DK = da-dk;
+    da-dk = mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom {
+      subdir = "da_DK";
+      shortName = "da-dk";
+      shortDescription = "Danish";
+      dictFilePath = "hyph_da_DK.dic";
+      readmeFilePath = "HYPH_da_DK_README.txt";
+    };
+
+    # GERMAN
+
+    de_DE = de-de;
+    de-de = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "de";
+      shortName = "de-de";
+      shortDescription = "German (Germany)";
+      dictFileName = "de_DE";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_de";
+    };
+
+    de_AT = de-at;
+    de-at = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "de";
+      shortName = "de-at";
+      shortDescription = "German (Austria)";
+      dictFileName = "de_AT";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_de";
+    };
+
+    de_CH = de-ch;
+    de-ch = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "de";
+      shortName = "de-ch";
+      shortDescription = "German (Switzerland)";
+      dictFileName = "de_CH";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_de";
+    };
+
+    # GREEK
+
+    el_GR = el-gr;
+    el-gr = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "el_GR";
+      shortName = "el-gr";
+      shortDescription = "Greek";
+      dictFileName = "el_GR";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_el_GR";
+    };
+
+    # ENGLISH
+
+    en_GB = en-gb;
+    en-gb = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "en";
+      shortName = "en-gb";
+      shortDescription = "English (Great Britain)";
+      dictFileName = "en_GB";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_en_GB";
+    };
+
+    en_US = en-us;
+    en-us = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      nativeBuildInputs = hyphen.nativeBuildInputs;
+      version = hyphen.version;
+      pname = "hyphen-dict-en-us";
+      src = hyphen.src;
+      meta = {
+        inherit (hyphen.meta)
+          homepage
+          platforms
+          license
+          maintainers
+          ;
+        description = "Hyphen dictionary for English (United States)";
+      };
+      installPhase = ''
+        runHook preInstall
+        make install-hyphDATA
+        runHook postInstall
+      '';
+    };
+
+    # ESPERANTO
+
+    eo = mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom {
+      subdir = "eo";
+      shortName = "eo";
+      shortDescription = "Esperanto";
+      dictFilePath = "hyph_eo.dic";
+      readmeFilePath = "desc_eo.txt";
+    };
+
+    # SPANISH
+
+    es_ES = es-es;
+    es-es = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "es";
+      shortName = "es-es";
+      shortDescription = "Spanish (Spain)";
+      dictFileName = "es";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_es";
+    };
+
+    # ESTONIAN
+
+    et_EE = et-ee;
+    et-ee = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "et_EE";
+      shortName = "et-ee";
+      shortDescription = "Estonian";
+      dictFileName = "et_EE";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_et_EE";
+    };
+
+    # FRENCH
+
+    fr_FR = fr-fr;
+    fr-fr = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "fr_FR";
+      shortName = "fr-fr";
+      shortDescription = "French";
+      dictFileName = "fr";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_fr";
+    };
+
+    # CROATIAN
+
+    hr_HR = hr-hr;
+    hr-hr = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "hr_HR";
+      shortName = "hr-hr";
+      shortDescription = "Croatian";
+      dictFileName = "hr_HR";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_hr_HR";
+    };
+
+    # HUNGARIAN
+
+    hu_HU = hu-hu;
+    hu-hu = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "hu_HU";
+      shortName = "hu-hu";
+      shortDescription = "Hungarian";
+      dictFileName = "hu_HU";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_hu_HU";
+    };
+
+    # INDONESIAN
+
+    id_ID = id-id;
+    id-id = mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom {
+      subdir = "id";
+      shortName = "id-id";
+      shortDescription = "Indonesian";
+      dictFilePath = "hyph_id_ID.dic";
+      readmeFilePath = "README-dict.adoc";
+    };
+
+    # ITALIAN
+
+    it_IT = it-it;
+    it-it = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "it_IT";
+      shortName = "it-it";
+      shortDescription = "Italian";
+      dictFileName = "it_IT";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_it_IT";
+    };
+
+    # LITHUANIAN
+
+    lt_LT = lt-lt;
+    lt-lt = mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom {
+      subdir = "lt_LT";
+      shortName = "lt-lt";
+      shortDescription = "Lithuanian";
+      dictFilePath = "hyph_lt.dic";
+      readmeFilePath = "README_hyph";
+    };
+
+    # LATVIAN
+
+    lv_LV = lv-lv;
+    lv-lv = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "lv_LV";
+      shortName = "lv-lv";
+      shortDescription = "Latvian";
+      dictFileName = "lv_LV";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_lv_LV";
+    };
+
+    # MONGOLIAN
+
+    mn_MN = mn-mn;
+    mn-mn = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "mn_MN";
+      shortName = "mn-mn";
+      shortDescription = "Mongolian";
+      dictFileName = "mn_MN";
+      readmeFileName = "mn_MN";
+    };
+
+    # DUTCH
+
+    nl_NL = nl-nl;
+    nl-nl = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "nl_NL";
+      shortName = "nl-nl";
+      shortDescription = "Dutch";
+      dictFileName = "nl_NL";
+      readmeFileName = "NL";
+    };
+
+    # NORWEGIAN
+
+    nb_NO = nb-no;
+    nb-no = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "no";
+      shortName = "nb-no";
+      shortDescription = "Norwegian (Bokmål)";
+      dictFileName = "nb_NO";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_NO";
+    };
+
+    nn_NO = nn-no;
+    nn-no = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "no";
+      shortName = "nn-no";
+      shortDescription = "Norwegian (Nynorsk)";
+      dictFileName = "nn_NO";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_NO";
+    };
+
+    # POLISH
+
+    pl_PL = pl-pl;
+    pl-pl = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "pl_PL";
+      shortName = "pl-pl";
+      shortDescription = "Polish";
+      dictFileName = "pl_PL";
+      readmeFileName = "pl";
+    };
+
+    # PORTUGUESE
+
+    pt_BR = pt-br;
+    pt-br = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "pt_BR";
+      shortName = "pt-br";
+      shortDescription = "Portuguese (Brazil)";
+      dictFileName = "pt_BR";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_pt_BR";
+    };
+
+    pt_PT = pt-pt;
+    pt-pt = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "pt_PT";
+      shortName = "pt-pt";
+      shortDescription = "Portuguese (Portugal)";
+      dictFileName = "pt_PT";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_pt_PT";
+    };
+
+    # ROMANIAN
+
+    ro_RO = ro-ro;
+    ro-ro = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "ro";
+      shortName = "ro-ro";
+      shortDescription = "Romanian";
+      dictFileName = "ro_RO";
+      readmeFileName = "RO";
+    };
+
+    # RUSSIAN
+
+    ru_RU = ru-ru;
+    ru-ru = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "ru_RU";
+      shortName = "ru-ru";
+      shortDescription = "Russian (Russia)";
+      dictFileName = "ru_RU";
+      readmeFileName = "ru_RU";
+    };
+
+    # SLOVAK
+
+    sk_SK = sk-sk;
+    sk-sk = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "sk_SK";
+      shortName = "sk-sk";
+      shortDescription = "Slovak";
+      dictFileName = "sk_SK";
+      readmeFileName = "sk";
+    };
+
+    # SLOVENIAN
+
+    sl_SI = sl-si;
+    sl-si = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "sl_SI";
+      shortName = "sl-si";
+      shortDescription = "Slovenian";
+      dictFileName = "sl_SI";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_sl_SI";
+    };
+
+    # ALBANIAN
+
+    sq_AL = sq-al;
+    sq-al = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "sq_AL";
+      shortName = "sq-al";
+      shortDescription = "Albanian";
+      dictFileName = "sq_AL";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_sq_AL";
+    };
+
+    # SERBIAN
+
+    sr_SR = sr-sr;
+    sr-sr = mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom {
+      subdir = "sr";
+      shortName = "sr-sr";
+      shortDescription = "Serbian (Cyrillic)";
+      dictFilePath = "hyph_sr.dic";
+      readmeFilePath = "README.txt";
+    };
+
+    sr_SR_LATN = sr-sr-latn;
+    sr-sr-latn = mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom {
+      subdir = "sr";
+      shortName = "sr-sr-latn";
+      shortDescription = "Serbian (Latin)";
+      dictFilePath = "hyph_sr-Latn.dic";
+      readmeFilePath = "README.txt";
+    };
+
+    # SWEDISH
+
+    sv_SE = sv-se;
+    sv-se = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "sv_SE";
+      shortName = "sv-se";
+      shortDescription = "Swedish";
+      dictFileName = "sv";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_sv";
+    };
+
+    # TELUGU
+
+    te_IN = te-in;
+    te-in = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "te_IN";
+      shortName = "te-in";
+      shortDescription = "Telugu";
+      dictFileName = "te_IN";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_te_IN";
+    };
+
+    # THAI
+
+    th_TH = th-th;
+    th-th = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "th_TH";
+      shortName = "th-th";
+      shortDescription = "Thai";
+      dictFileName = "th_TH";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_th_TH";
+    };
+
+    # UKRAINIAN
+
+    uk_UA = uk-ua;
+    uk-ua = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
+      subdir = "uk_UA";
+      shortName = "uk-ua";
+      shortDescription = "Ukrainian";
+      dictFileName = "uk_UA";
+      readmeFileName = "hyph_uk_UA";
+    };
+
+    # ZULU
+
+    zu_ZA = zu-za;
+    zu-za = mkDictFromLibreofficeGitCustom {
+      subdir = "zu_ZA";
+      shortName = "zu-za";
+      shortDescription = "Zulu";
+      dictFilePath = "hyph_zu_ZA.dic";
+      # no readme file provided, leave empty
+    };
+
   };
 
-  # GERMAN
-
-  de_DE = de-de;
-  de-de = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
-    subdir = "de";
-    shortName = "de-de";
-    shortDescription = "German (Germany)";
-    dictFileName = "de_DE";
-    readmeFileName = "hyph_de";
-  };
-
-  de_AT = de-at;
-  de-at = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
-    subdir = "de";
-    shortName = "de-at";
-    shortDescription = "German (Austria)";
-    dictFileName = "de_AT";
-    readmeFileName = "hyph_de";
-  };
-
-  de_CH = de-ch;
-  de-ch = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
-    subdir = "de";
-    shortName = "de-ch";
-    shortDescription = "German (Switzerland)";
-    dictFileName = "de_CH";
-    readmeFileName = "hyph_de";
-  };
-
-  # RUSSIAN
-
-  ru_RU = ru-ru;
-  ru-ru = mkDictFromLibreofficeGit {
-    subdir = "ru_RU";
-    shortName = "ru-ru";
-    shortDescription = "Russian (Russia)";
-    dictFileName = "ru_RU";
-    readmeFileName = "ru_RU";
+in
+dicts
+// {
+  all = symlinkJoin {
+    name = "hyphen-all";
+    paths = lib.unique (lib.attrValues dicts);
   };
 }