Tuesday, December 25, 2018

World Christmas

From Why Christmas.com:
"Merry Christmas In Different Languages"

On this page 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy Christmas' is shown in different languages from all around the world (apart from English)!


African Languages

Afrikaans (South Africa, Namibia)


Geseënde Kersfees
 Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin)Afishapa
 Amharic (Ethiopia)Melikam Gena! (መልካም ገና!)
 Ashanti/Asante/Asante Twi (Ghana)afehyia pa
 Chewa (Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha Kristmasi
 Dagbani (Ghana)Ni ti Burunya Chou
 Edo (Nigeria)Iselogbe
 Ewe (Ghana, Togo)Blunya na wo
 Fula/Fulani (Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Togo, Guinea, Sierra Leone)Jabbama be salla Kirismati
 Hausa (Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Togo)barka dà Kirsìmatì
 Ibibio (Nigeria)Idara ukapade isua
 Igbo/Igo (Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea)E keresimesi Oma
 Kinyarwanda (Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo)Noheli nziza
 Lingala (DR Congo, Rep Congo, Central African Republic, Angola)Mbotama Malamu
 Luganda (Uganda)Seku Kulu
 Ndebele (Zimbabwe, South Africa)Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni
 Shona (Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana)Muve neKisimusi
 Soga/Lasoga (Uganda)Mwisuka Sekukulu
 Somali (Somalia, Djibouti)Kirismas Wacan
 Sotho (Lesotho, South Africa)Le be le keresemese e monate
 Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya, DR Congo, Uganda)Krismasi Njema / Heri ya Krismasi
 Tigrinya (Ethiopia and Eritreia)Ruhus Beal Lidet
 Xhosa/isiXhosa (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho)Krismesi emnandi
 Yoruba (Nigeria, Benin)E ku odun, e ku iye'dun
 Zulu (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland)UKhisimusi omuhle
Afganistan (Dari)Christmas Mubarak (کرسمس مبارک)
AlbanianGëzuar Krishtlindjen
ArabicEid Milad Majid (عيد ميلاد مجيد)
Which means 'Glorious Birth Feast'
AramaicEedookh Breekha
Which means 'Blessed be your Christmas'
ArmenianShnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ)
Which means 'Congratulations for the Holy Birth'
Belgium

Dutch/Flemish


Vrolijk Kerstfeest
 FrenchJoyeux Noël
 GermanFrohe Weihnachten
 Walloondjoyeus Noyé
BulgarianVesela Koleda
Cambodia (Khmer)Rik-reay​​ Bon​ Noel (រីករាយ បុណ្យ​ណូអែល)
China

Mandarin


Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣诞快乐)
 CantoneseSeng Dan Fai Lok (聖誕快樂)
CornishNadelik Lowen
Croatian (and Bosnian)Sretan Božić
Czech Veselé Vánoce
DanishGlædelig Jul
EsperantoFeliĉan Kristnaskon
EstonianRõõmsaid Jõulupühi
Faroe Islands (Faroese)Gleðilig jól
FinnishHyvää joulua
France

French


Joyeux Noël
 BretonNedeleg Laouen
 CorsicanBon Natale
 AlsatianE güeti Wïnâchte
GermanFrohe Weihnachten
GreekKala Christouyenna or Καλά Χριστούγεννα
Georgiangilocav shoba-akhal c’els
or გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს
Greenland

Greenlandic


Juullimi Pilluarit
 Danish (also used in Greenland)Glædelig Jul
Haitian CreoleJwaye Nowe
HawaiianMele Kalikimaka
Holland (Dutch) Zalig Kerstfeest or Zalig Kerstmis (both mean Merry Christmas), Vrolijk Kerstfeest (Cheerful Christmas) or Prettig Kerstfeest (Nice Christmas)
HungarianBoldog karácsonyt (Happy Christmas) or Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket (pleasant Christmas holidays)
IcelandicGleðileg jól
India

Bengali (also spoken in Bangladesh)


shubho bôṛodin (শুভ বড়দিন)
 GujaratiAnandi Natal or Khushi Natal (આનંદી નાતાલ)
 HindiŚubh krisamas (शुभ क्रिसमस)
 Kannadakris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ ಮಸ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು)
 KonkaniKhushal Borit Natala
 MalayalamChristmas inte mangalaashamsakal
 MarathiŚubh Nātāḷ (शुभ नाताळ) or Natal Chya shubhechha
 MizoKrismas Chibai
 Punjabikarisama te nawāṃ sāla khušayāṃwālā hewe (ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਯਾੰਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ)
 SanskritKrismasasya shubhkaamnaa
 ShindiChristmas jun wadhayun
 Tamilkiṟistumas vāḻttukkaḷ (கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துக்கள்)
 TeluguChristmas Subhakankshalu
 Urdukrismas mubarak (کرسمس)
IndonesianSelamat Natal
Iran

Farsi


Christmas MobArak
 Kurdish (Kumanji)Kirîsmes u ser sala we pîroz be
Irish - GaelicNollaig Shona Dhuit
Israel - HebrewChag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח)
meaning 'Happy festival of the Birth'
Italy

Italian


Buon Natale
 SicilianBon Natali
 LadinBon/Bun Nadèl
JapaneseMeri Kurisumasu (or 'Meri Kuri' for short!)

Hiragana: めりーくりすます

Katakana: メリークリスマス
Korean'Meri krismas' (메리 크리스마스) or 'seongtanjeol jal bonaeyo' (성탄절 잘 보내요) or 'Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo' (즐거운 크리스마스 되세요)
 LatinFelicem Diem Nativitatis (Merry Day of the Nativity)
LatvianPriecīgus Ziemassvētkus
LithuanianLinksmų Kalėdų
MacedonianStreken Bozhik or Среќен Божик
Madagascar (Malagasy)Tratra ny Noely
MalteseIl-Milied it-Tajjeb
Malaysia

Bahasa/Malay


Selamat Hari Natal
 MalayalamPuthuvalsara Aashamsakal
Manx (spoken on the Isle of Man)Nollick Ghennal
Mexico (Spanish is main lang)

Nahuatl


Cualli netlācatilizpan
 Yucatec MayaKi'imak "navidad"
MontenegrinHristos se rodi (Христос се роди) - Christ is born
Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) - truly born (reply)
Native American / First Nation Languages
 Apache (Western)Gozhqq Keshmish
 CherokeeDanistayohihv &Aliheli'sdi Itse Udetiyvasadisv
 InuitQuvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi
 NavajoNizhonigo Keshmish
 YupikAlussistuakeggtaarmek

NepaliKreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (क्रस्मसको शुभकामना)
New Zealand (Maori)Meri Kirihimete
NorwegianGod Jul or Gledelig Jul
Philippines

Tagalog


Maligayang Pasko
 IlokanoNaragsak Nga Paskua
 IlonggoMalipayon nga Pascua
 Sugbuhanon or CebuanoMaayong Pasko
 BicolanoMaugmang Pasko
 Pangalatok or PangasinenseMaabig ya pasko or Magayagan inkianac
 Warey WareyMaupay Nga Pasko
Papiamentu - spoken in the Lesser Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire)Bon Pascu
PolishWesołych Świąt
PortugueseFeliz Natal or Boas Festas (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year)
RomanianCrăciun Fericit
Russians rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM (C рождеством!) or
s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (Счастливого рождества!)
Sami (North-Sami) - spoken in parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and RussiaBuorit Juovllat
SamoanManuia Le Kerisimasi
Scotland

Scots


Blithe Yule
 GaelicNollaig Chridheil
SerbianHristos se rodi (Христос се роди) - Christ is born
Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) - truly born (reply)
SlovakianVeselé Vianoce
Slovene or SlovenianVesel Božič
SomaliKirismas Wacan
Spain

Spanish (Españo)


Feliz Navidad or Nochebuena (which means 'Holy Night' - Christmas Eve)
 CatalanBon Nadal
 GalicianBo Nadal
 Basque (Euskara)Eguberri on (which means 'Happy New Day')
Sranantongo (spoken in Suriname)Swit' Kresneti
Sinhala (spoken in Sri Lanka)Suba Naththalak Wewa (සුබ නත්තලක් වේවා)
SwedishGod Jul
Switzerland

Swiss German


Schöni Wiehnachte
 FrenchJoyeux Noël
 ItalianBuon Natale
 RomanshBellas festas da Nadal
ThaiSuk sarn warn Christmas
TurkishMutlu Noeller
Ukranian'Веселого Різдва' Veseloho Rizdva (Merry Christmas) or 'Христос Рождається' Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Christ is Born)
VietnameseChuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh
WelshNadolig Llawen
 Sci-fi & Fantasy Languages!

Klingon (Star Trek)


toDwI'ma' qoS yItIvqu' (Our Savior's birthday you-enjoy!)
 Quenya (Lord of the Rings)Alassë a Hristomerendë (Joyous Feast of Christ)
 Sindarin (Lord of the Rings)Mereth Veren e-Doled Eruion (Joyous Feast of the Coming of the Son of God)

^ I have always liked to say "Merry Christmas" in different languages. ^

https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/languages.shtml

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