Happy Christmas in Different Languages

How do you say “Happy Christmas” in your language?

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’
	Armenian	Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ) Which means ‘Congratulations for the Holy Birth’
	Belgium Dutch/Flemish French German Walloon	Vrolijk Kerstfeest Joyeux Noël Frohe Weihnachten djoyeus Noyé
	Bulgarian	Vesela Koleda
	Chinese – Mandarin Cantonese	Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣诞快乐) Seng Dan Fai Lok (聖誕快樂)
	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
	German	Frohe Weihnachten
	Ghana – Dagbani Akan	Ni ti Burunya Chou Afishapa
	Greek	Kala Christouyenna or Καλά Χριστούγεννα
	Georgian	gilocav shoba-akhal c’els or გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს
	Greenlandic Danish (also used in Greenland)	Juullimi Pilluarit Glædelig Jul
	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 (கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துக்கள்) Khushal Borit Natala kris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ ಮಸ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು) Krismas Chibai Śubh Nātāḷ (शुभ नाताळ) karisama te nawāṃ sāla khušayāṃwālā hewe (ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਯਾੰਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ) Christmas inte mangalaashamsakal Christmas Subhakankshalu
	Indonesian	Selamat Natal
	Iran (Farsi) Kurdish (Kumanji)	Christmas MobArak Kirîsmes u ser sala we pîroz be
	Irish – Gaelic	Nollaig Shona Dhuit
	Israel – Hebrew	Chag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח) meaning Happy festival of the Birth
	Italian Sicilian Ladin	Buon Natale Bon Natali Bon/Bun Nadèl
	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 ‘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
	Manx (spoken on the Isle of Man)	Nollick Ghennal
	Native American/ First Nation LanguagesApache (Western)NavajoInuitYupik	Gozhqq Keshmish Nizhonigo Keshmish Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi Alussistuakeggtaarmek
	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
	Norwegian	God Jul or Gledelig Jul
	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
	Papiamentu – spoken in the Lesser Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire)	Bon Pascu
	Polish	‘Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia’ or ‘Wesołych Świąt’ as a shorter version!
	Portuguese	Feliz Natal or Boas Festas
	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!)
	Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	Noheli nziza
	Samoan	Manuia Le Kerisimasi
	Scotland – Scots Gaelic	Blithe Yule Nollaig Chridheil
	Serbian	Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Christ is born Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – truly born (reply)
	Slovakian	Vesele Vianoce
	Slovene or Slovenian	Vesel Božič
	Somali	Kirismas Wacan
	South Africa (Afrikaans) Zulu	Geseënde Kersfees UKhisimusi omuhle
	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’)
	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
	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)