Friday, December 18, 2020

Christmas Languages

 Merry Christmas In Different Languages

Afrikaans (South Africa, Namibia):   Geseënde Kersfees

Amharic (Ethiopia):  Melikam Gena! (መልካም ገና!)

Kinyarwanda (Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo):  Noheli nziza

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

Xhosa/isiXhosa (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho): Krismesi emnandi

 Zulu (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland):  UKhisimusi omuhle

Afganistan (Dari):  Christmas Mubarak (کرسمس مبارک)

Albanian:  Gëzuar Krishtlindjen

Arabic:  Eid Milad Majid (عيد ميلاد مجيد)

Armenian:  Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ)

Flemish:  Vrolijk Kerstfeest

 French:  Joyeux Noël

 German:  Frohe Weihnachten

 Walloon:  djoyeus Noyé

Bulgarian:  Vesela Koleda

Cambodia (Khmer):  Rik-reay​​ Bon​ Noel (រីករាយ បុណ្យណូអែល)

Mandarin:  Sheng Dan Kuai Le (诞快乐)

 Cantonese:  Seng Dan Fai Lok (聖誕快樂)

Cornish:  Nadelik Lowen

Croatian (and Bosnian):  Sretan Božić

Czech: Veselé Vánoce

Danish:  Glædelig Jul

Esperanto :  Feliĉan Kristnaskon

Estonian:  Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi

Faroese:  Gleðilig jól

Finnish:  Hyvää joulua

Breton:  Nedeleg Laouen

 Corsican:  Bon Natale

 Alsatian:  E güeti Wïnâchte

Greek:  Kala Christouyenna or Καλά Χριστούγεννα

Georgian:  gilocav shoba-akhal c’els  or გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს

Greenlandic:  Juullimi Pilluarit

Haitian Creole:  Jwaye Nowe

Hawaiian:  Mele Kalikimaka

Dutch:  Zalig Kerstfeest or Zalig Kerstmis (both mean Merry Christmas), Vrolijk Kerstfeest (Cheerful Christmas) or Prettig Kerstfeest (Nice Christmas)

Hungarian:  Boldog karácsonyt (Happy Christmas) or Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket (pleasant Christmas holidays)

Icelandic:  Gleðileg jól

Bengali:  shubho bôṛodin (শুভ বড়দিন)

Hindi:  Śubh krisamas (शुभ क्रिसमस)

Punjabi:  karisama te nawāṃ sāla khušayāṃwālā hewe (ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਯਾੰਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ)

 Sanskrit:  Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa

Tamil:  kiṟistumas vāḻttukkaḷ (கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துக்கள்)

Urdu:  krismas mubarak (کرسمس)

Indonesian:  Selamat Natal

Farsi:  Christmas MobArak

 Kurdish:  Kirîsmes u ser sala we pîroz be

Irish – Gaelic:  Nollaig Shona Dhuit

Hebrew: Chag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח) meaning 'Happy festival of the Birth'

Italian:  Buon Natale

 Sicilian:  Bon Natali

Japanese: Meri 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 보내요) or 'Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo' (즐거운 크리스마스 되세요)

 Latin: Felicem Diem Nativitatis (Merry Day of the Nativity)

Latvian:  Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus

Lithuanian:  Linksmų Kalėdų

Macedonian:  Streken Bozhik or Среќен Божик

Madagascar (Malagasy): Tratra ny Noely

Maltese: Il-Milied it-Tajjeb

Bahasa/Malay:  Selamat Hari Natal

Manx: Nollick Ghennal

Montenegrin: Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) - Christ is born

Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) - truly born (reply)

Apache (Western):  Gozhqq Keshmish

 Cherokee:  Danistayohihv &Aliheli'sdi Itse Udetiyvasadisv

 Inuit: Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi

 Navajo: Nizhonigo Keshmish

Nepali:  Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (क्रस्मसको शुभकामना)

Maori:  Meri Kirihimete

Norwegian:  God Jul or Gledelig Jul

Tagalog:  Maligayang Pasko

Papiamentu:  Bon Pascu

Polish:  Wesołych Świąt

Portuguese:  Feliz Natal or Boas Festas (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year)

Romanian:  Crăciun Fericit

Russian:  s rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM (C рождеством!) or

s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (Счастливого рождества!)

Sami (North-Sami): Buorit Juovllat

Samoan:  Manuia Le Kerisimasi

Scots:  Blithe Yule

 Gaelic: Nollaig Chridheil

Serbian: Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) - Christ is born

Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) - truly born (reply)

Slovakian: Veselé Vianoce

 Slovenian:  Vesel Boži

Spanish: Feliz Navidad or Nochebuena (which means 'Holy Night' - Christmas Eve)

 Catalan: Bon Nadal

 Galician: Bo Nadal

 Basque (Euskara): Eguberri on (which means 'Happy New Day')

Sinhala: Suba Naththalak Wewa (සුබ නත්තලක් වේවා)

Swedish: God Jul

Swiss German:  Schöni Wiehnachte

Romansh: Bellas festas da Nadal

Thai: Suk sarn warn Christmas

Turkish: Mutlu Noeller

Ukranian: 'Веселого Різдва' Veseloho Rizdva (Merry Christmas) or 'Христос Рождається' Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Christ is Born)

Vietnamese: Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh

Welsh: Nadolig Llawen

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

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