Happy Christmas in Different Languages
How do you say “Happy Christmas” in your language?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ty74a0i2IVI%3Ffeature%3Doembed
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
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
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
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)
Sources: Why Christmas and Buzzfeed
