How to Say “Merry Christmas” in 75 of the World’s Languages

[Joe Carillo]

How to Say “Merry Christmas” in 75 of the World’s Languages*

Language   Merry Christmas
Afrikaans   Gesëende Kersfees
Albanian   Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic   Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Argentine   Feliz Navidad
Armenian   Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Basque   Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali   Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian   Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian   Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton   Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian   Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan   Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile           Feliz Navidad
Chinese   (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
                (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Cornish   Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsian   Pace e salute
Croatian   Sretan Bozic
Czech   Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish   Glædelig Jul
Dutch    Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
English   Merry Christmas
Eskimo   (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto   Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian   Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Finnish   Hyvaa joulua
Flemish   Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French   Joyeux Noel
Frisian   Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Gaelic        Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German   Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek     Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian   Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew   Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi   Shub Naya Baras
Hawaiian   Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hungarian   Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic   Gledileg Jol
Indonesian   Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi           Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish           Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Italian   Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese   Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean   Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin           Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian   Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian   Linksmu Kaledu
Maltese   LL Milied Lt-tajjeb
Manx           Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori           Meri Kirihimete
Norwegian   God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Papua New
    Guinea   Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Peru           Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philippines   Maligayang Pasko!
Polish           Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese   Feliz Natal
Romanian   Sarbatori fericite & La multi ani
Russian   Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Samoan   La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Serbian   Hristos se rodi
Slovakian   Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Samoan   La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots
   Gaelic   Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serbian   Hristos se rodi.
Slovak   Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Spanish   Feliz Navidad
Swedish   God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ã...r
Thai           Sawadee Pee Mai
Tongan   Mele Kalisimasi
Turkish   Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian   Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu           Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese    Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh            Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian    Cestitamo Bozic
Will and Guy Funny Merry Christmas

—From Will and Guy’s Funny and Clean Jokes

*NOTE TO FORUM MEMBERS:
If you speak or are conversant with any of the languages in the listing above, please let us know if the phonetic translation of “Merry Christmas” in that particular language is correct and precise. Otherwise, please drop me a line so I can make the necessary correction.  Merry Christmas!

[hill roberts]

Merry Christmas to you Joe and your family! Merry Christmas to  the forum members here, too.  Have a great Noche Buena!