Friday, November 23, 2007

Merry Christmas in 80 languages

Have some fun learning how to say Merry Christmas in other languages.

Afrikaans - Geseende Kersfees en 'n voorsoedige nuwejaar
Arabic - Milad Majid Oua AA'm Sa'id.
Argentine - Felices Pascuas y Felices A o Nuevo
Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Aruba (language: Papiamento) - Bon Pasco y Feliz A a Nobo
Assyrian - Iedookon Breka (mother language of Jesus)
Azeri - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque (Merry Christmas only) - Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Basque - ZORIONAK ETA URTE BERRI ON EUSKAL HERRITIK!
Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
Bermuda - Marry Crissmuss you 'byes an' hava happy new yurr, see?
Brazilian Portugese - FELIZ NATAL E PRÓSPERO ANO NOVO
Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian - Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan(from Catalonia in Spain) - Bon Nadal i Felit any Nou
Chinese (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
(Catonese) Sing Dan Fi Lock
Cornish - Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian - Sretan Bozic
Czech - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish - Glædelig Jul
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
English (American) - Merry Christmas
English (Southeastern US) - Y'all have a Merry Christmas now, you hear?
English (Canadian) - Merry Christmas, eh?
English (Dyslexic) - samtsirhC yrreM
Esperanto - Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian - Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Farsi - Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Filipino - Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon sa Inyong Lahat
Filipino (dialect:"Tagalog") - Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon sa Inyong Lahat
Finnish - Hyvää Joulua (Good Christmas)
Finnish - Hyvää Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta (Happy New Year)
French - Joyeux Noel
Friesian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
German - Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek - Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi - Shub Naya Baras
Hmong -- from Laos - Myob zoo Huub yug ye xus (Merry Christmas) zoo siab xyoo ntsiab.
Hungarian - Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic - Gledileg Jol
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Italian - Buon Natale
Japanese - Kurisumasu wa Omedeto gozaimasu. Shinnen omedeto.
Konkani from state of Goa in India - Khushal borit Natalam.
Korean - Sung Tan Chuk Ha (Merry Christmas only!)
Latvian - Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Malaysian - Selamat Hari Krismas and Selamat Tahun Baru
Maltese - Il-Milied u is-sena t-tajba lil kullhadd.
Manx - Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori - Meri Kirihimete
Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo - Merry Keshmish
Norwegian - Glaedelig Jul! (Gladdelly Yule) - or - God Jul
Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish - Wesolych Swiat (Bozego Narodzenia)
Portuguese - Feliz Natal e feliz Ano Novo or: Feliz Natal e prospero Ano Novo
Puerto Rican - -Muy Feliz Navidad y un Prospero Ano Nuevo!
Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Romanian - Cracium fericit si la multi ani
Rumanian - Sarbatori vesele
Russian - Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Slovakian - Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Sami - Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian - Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Singhalese - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak - Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovenian - Merry Christmas = vesele bozicne praznike OR vesel bozic. Happy New Year = srecno novo leto (Thanks to Blanka Gregorcic)
Spanish - Feliz Navidad
Swahili MPG VIDEO - Sifuni Leo!
Swedish - God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai - Sook Sun Wun Christmas Lae Sawaddee Pee Mai Ka (female ending)
Tigrinya (Eritrea) - Rahoosbaal ledit yegabarelkoom
Turkish - Yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
Ukrainian - Khrystos Narodywsia
Urdu - Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese - Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh - Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda (Nadolig Llawen = Merry Christmas)
Yugoslavian - Cestitamo Bozic