Happy Christmas in Different Languages
How do you say “Happy Christmas” in your language?
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It’s Christmas time and, being a language school, we started to wonder how you say happy Christmas in different languages. Check out the video above and learn how to say happy Christmas in 54 different languages and once you know all of them, there are over a hundred more below.
Everest wants to wish all of our staff, students, friends and families a very happy Christmas and a great new year. We are really looking forward to hearing lots of new languages in 2016.
Happy Christmas क्रस्मसको शुभकामना
| Afganistan (Dari) | Christmas Mubarak (کرسمس مبارک) | |
| Albanian | Gëzuar Krishtlindjen | |
| Arabic | Eid Milad Majid (عيد ميلاد مجيد) Which means ‘Glorious Birth Feast’ |
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| Armenian | Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ) Which means ‘Congratulations for the Holy Birth’ |
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| Belgium Dutch/Flemish
French German Walloon |
Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Joyeux Noël Frohe Weihnachten djoyeus Noyé |
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| Bulgarian | Vesela Koleda | |
| Chinese – Mandarin
Cantonese |
Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣诞快乐)
Seng Dan Fai Lok (聖誕快樂) |
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| Croatian (and Bosnian) |
Sretan Božić | |
| Czech | Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce | |
| Danish | Glædelig Jul | |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo– Lingala | Mbotama Malamu | |
| Esperanto | Feliĉan Kristnaskon | |
| Estonian | Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi | |
| Finnish | Hyvää joulua | |
| French
Breton Corsican |
Joyeux Noël
Nedeleg Laouen Bon Natale |
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| German | Frohe Weihnachten | |
| Ghana – Dagbani
Akan |
Ni ti Burunya Chou
Afishapa |
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| Greek | Kala Christouyenna or Καλά Χριστούγεννα | |
| Georgian | gilocav shoba-akhal c’els or გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს |
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| Greenlandic
Danish (also used in Greenland) |
Juullimi Pilluarit
Glædelig Jul |
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| Hawaiian | Mele Kalikimaka | |
| Holland (Dutch) | Zalig Kerstfeest or Zalig Kerstmis (both mean Merry Christmas), Vrolijk Kerstfeest (Cheerful Christmas) or Prettig Kerstfeest (Nice Christmas) | |
| Hungarian | Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket | |
| Icelandic | Gleðileg jól | |
| India – Hindi
Urdu Sanskrit Gujarati Bengali Tamil Konkani Kannada Mizo Marathi Punjabi Malayalam Telugu |
Śubh krisamas (शुभ क्रिसमस)
krismas mubarak (کرسمس) Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa Anandi Natal or Khushi Natal (આનંદી નાતાલ) shubho bôṛodin (শুভ বড়দিন) kiṟistumas vāḻttukkaḷ Khushal Borit Natala kris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu Krismas Chibai Śubh Nātāḷ karisama te nawāṃ sāla khušayāṃwālā hewe Christmas inte mangalaashamsakal Christmas Subhakankshalu |
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| Indonesian | Selamat Natal | |
| Iran (Farsi)
Kurdish (Kumanji) |
Christmas MobArak
Kirîsmes u ser sala we pîroz be |
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| Irish – Gaelic | Nollaig Shona Dhuit | |
| Israel – Hebrew | Chag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח) meaning Happy festival of the Birth |
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| Italian
Sicilian Ladin |
Buon Natale
Bon Natali Bon/Bun Nadèl |
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| 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 |
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| Korean | ‘Meri krismas’ (메리 크리스마스) or ‘Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo’ (즐거운 크리스마스 되세요) | |
| Latvian | Priecïgus Ziemassvºtkus | |
| Lithuanian | Linksmų Kalėdų | |
| Macedonian | Streken Bozhik or Среќен Божик | |
| Madagascar (Malagasy) | Tratra ny Noely | |
| Maltese | Il-Milied it-Tajjeb | |
| Malaysia – Bahasa/Malay
Malayalam |
Selamat Hari Natal
Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal |
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| Manx (spoken on the Isle of Man) | Nollick Ghennal | |
| Native American/ First Nation LanguagesApache (Western)NavajoInuitYupik |
Gozhqq Keshmish
Nizhonigo Keshmish Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi Alussistuakeggtaarmek
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| Nepali | Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (क्रस्मसको शुभकामना) | |
| New Zealand (Maori) | Meri Kirihimete | |
| Nigeria – Hausa
Yoruba Fulani Igbo (Ibo) Edo Ibibio |
barka dà Kirsìmatì
E ku odun, e ku iye’dun Jabbama be salla Kirismati E keresimesi Oma Iselogbe Idara ukapade isua |
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| Norwegian | God Jul or Gledelig Jul |
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| Philippines – Tagalog
Ilokano Ilonggo Sugbuhanon or Cebuano Bicolano Pangalatok or Pangasinense |
Maligayang Pasko
Naragsak Nga Paskua Malipayon nga Pascua Maayong Pasko Maugmang Pasko Maabig ya pasko or Magayagan inkianac |
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| Papiamentu – spoken in the Lesser Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire) | Bon Pascu | |
| Polish | ‘Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia’ or ‘Wesołych Świąt’ as a shorter version! |
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| Portuguese | Feliz Natal or Boas Festas |
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| Romanian | Crặciun Fericit | |
| Russian | s rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM (C рождеством!) or s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (Счастливого рождества!) |
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| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | Noheli nziza | |
| Samoan | Manuia Le Kerisimasi | |
| Scotland – Scots
Gaelic |
Blithe Yule
Nollaig Chridheil |
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| Serbian | Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Christ is born Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – truly born (reply) |
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| Slovakian | Vesele Vianoce | |
| Slovene or Slovenian | Vesel Božič | |
| Somali | Kirismas Wacan | |
| South Africa (Afrikaans)
Zulu |
Geseënde Kersfees
UKhisimusi omuhle |
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| Spanish (Español)
Catalan Galician Basque (Euskara) |
Feliz Navidad or Nochebuena (which means ‘Holy Night’ – Christmas Eve)
Bon Nadal Bo Nadal Eguberri on (which means ‘Happy New Day’) |
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| Sranantongo (spoken in Suriname) | Swit’ Kresneti | |
| Swedish | God Jul | |
| Swiss | Schöni Wiehnachte | |
| Thai | Suk sarn warn Christmas | |
| Turkish | Mutlu Noeller | |
| Uganda (Lugandan) | Seku Kulu | |
| Ukranian | ‘Веселого Різдва’ Veseloho Rizdva (Merry Christmas) or ‘Христос Рождається’ Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Christ is Born) | |
| Vietnamese | Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh | |
| Welsh | Nadolig Llawen | |
| Zimbabwe – Shona
Ndebele |
Muve neKisimusi
Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni |
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| Sci-fi & Fantasy Languages!
Klingon (Star Trek) Quenya (Lord of the Rings) Sindarin (Lord of the Rings) |
toDwI’ma’ qoS yItIvqu’ (Our Savior’s birthday you-enjoy!)
Alassë a Hristomerendë (Joyous Feast of Christ) Mereth Veren e-Doled Eruion (Joyous Feast of the Coming of the Son of God) |
Sources: Why Christmas and Buzzfeed
