Language
|
Happy New Year
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Afrikaans |
Gelukkige nuwe jaar |
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Arabic |
Sana Sa-eeda |
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Bengali |
Shuvo Nabo Barsho |
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Cambodian |
Soursdey Chhnam Tmei |
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Catalan |
Feliç Any Nou |
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Chinese (Mandarin) |
Xin Nian Kuai Le 謹 賀 新 年 |
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Croatian |
Sretna Nova godina |
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Danish |
Godt Nytår |
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Dutch |
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar |
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Eskimo |
Kiortame pivdluaritlo |
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Esperanto |
Felican Novan Jaron |
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Finnish |
Onnellista Uutta Vuotta |
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French |
Bonne Année |
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Gaelic |
Bliadhna mhath ur |
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German |
Prosit Neujahr |
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Greek |
Kenourios Chronos |
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Hawaiian |
Hauoli Makahiki Hou |
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Hebrew |
L'Shannah Tovah |
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Hindi |
Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen |
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Hong Kong |
Sun Leen Fai Lok |
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Hungarian |
Boldog Ooy Ayvet |
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Indonesian |
Selamat Tahun Baru |
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Iranian |
Saleh now mobarak |
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Iraqi |
Sanah Jadidah |
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Irish |
Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit |
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Italian |
Felice anno nuovo |
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Icelandic |
Farsælt komandi ár |
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Japanese |
Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu |
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Korean |
Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo |
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Kurdish |
Newroz Pirozbe |
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Latvian |
Laimīgo Jauno Gadu! |
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Lithuanian |
Laimingu Naujuju Metu |
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Maltese |
Is Senat Tajba |
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Nepal |
Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana |
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Norwegian |
Godt Nyttår |
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Papua New Guinea |
Nupela yia i go long yu |
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Persian |
Saleh now ra tabrik migouyam |
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Philippines |
Manigong Bagong Taon |
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Polish |
Szczesliwego Nowego Roku |
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Portuguese |
Feliz Ano Novo |
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Punjabi |
Nave sal di mubarak |
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Romanian |
An Nou Fericit |
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Russian |
С Новым Годом (S Novim Godom) |
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Samoa |
Manuia le Tausaga Fou |
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Serbo-Croatian |
Sretna nova godina |
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Slovak |
A stastlivy Novy Rok |
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Slovenian |
Sreèno novo leto |
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Somali |
Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican |
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Spanish |
Féliz Año Nuevo |
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Swahili |
Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº |
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Swedish |
Gott nytt år! |
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Sudanese |
Warsa Enggal |
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Tamil |
Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal |
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Thai |
Sawadee Pee Mai |
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Turkish |
Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun |
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Ukrainian |
С Новым Годом Z novym rokom |
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Urdu |
Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho |
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Vietnamese |
Chuc Mung Tan Nien |
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Welsh |
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda |
One theme you may notice is variations on the word new: Nuevo, novo, nova, novan, nou and
nuwe.
P.S. Please write to Will and Guy if you have any examples of Happy New Year in other languages.
P.P.S. Thank you Bill for writing in with the Arabic: Sana Sa-eeda
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Language |
Merry
Christmas |
|
Afrikaans |
Gesëende Kersfees |
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Albanian |
Gezur Krislinjden |
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Arabic |
Idah Saidan Wa
Sanah Jadidah |
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Argentine |
Feliz Navidad |
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Armenian |
Shenoraavor Nor
Dari yev Pari Gaghand |
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Basque |
Zorionak eta Urte
Berri On! |
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Bengali |
Shuvo Naba Barsha |
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Bohemian |
Vesele Vanoce |
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Brazilian |
Boas Festas e
Feliz Ano Novo |
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Breton |
Nedeleg laouen na
bloavezh mat |
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Bulgarian |
Tchestita Koleda;
Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo |
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Catalan |
Bon Nadal i un
Bon Any Nou! |
|
Chile |
Feliz Navidad |
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Chinese |
(Cantonese) Gun
Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun |
|
Chinese |
(Mandarin) Kung
His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan |
|
Cornish |
Nadelik looan na
looan blethen noweth |
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Corsian |
Pace e salute |
|
Croatian |
Sretan Bozic |
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Czech |
Prejeme Vam
Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok |
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Danish |
Glædelig Jul |
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Dutch |
Vrolijk
Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! |
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English |
Merry Christmas |
|
Eskimo |
(inupik) Jutdlime
pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo! |
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Esperanto |
Gajan Kristnaskon |
|
Estonian |
Ruumsaid
juulup|hi |
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Finnish |
Hyvaa joulua |
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Flemish |
Zalig Kerstfeest
en Gelukkig nieuw jaar |
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French |
Joyeux Noel |
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Frisian |
Noflike
Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier! |
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Gaelic |
Nollaig chridheil
agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! |
|
German |
Froehliche
Weihnachten |
|
Greek |
Kala
Christouyenna! |
|
Hawaiian |
Mele Kalikimaka |
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Hebrew |
Mo'adim Lesimkha.
Chena tova |
|
Hindi |
Shub Naya Baras |
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Hawaiian |
Mele Kalikimaka
ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou! |
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Hungarian |
Kellemes
Karacsonyi unnepeket |
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Icelandic |
Gledileg Jol |
|
Indonesian |
Selamat Hari
Natal |
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Iraqi |
Idah Saidan Wa
Sanah Jadidah |
|
Irish |
Nollaig Shona
Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat |
|
Italian |
Buone Feste
Natalizie |
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Japanese |
Shinnen omedeto.
Kurisumasu Omedeto |
|
Korean |
Sung Tan Chuk Ha |
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Latin |
Natale hilare et
Annum Faustum! |
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Latvian |
Prieci'gus
Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu! |
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Lithuanian |
Linksmu Kaledu |
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Maltese |
LL Milied
Lt-tajjeb |
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Manx |
Nollick ghennal
as blein vie noa |
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Maori |
Meri Kirihimete |
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Norwegian |
God Jul, or
Gledelig Jul |
|
Papua New Guinea |
Bikpela hamamas
blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu |
|
Peru |
Feliz Navidad y
un Venturoso Año Nuevo |
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Philippines |
Maligayan Pasko! |
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Polish |
Wesolych Swiat
Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie |
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Portuguese |
Feliz Natal |
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Romanian |
Sarbatori
fericite & La multi ani |
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Russian |
Pozdrevlyayu s
prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom |
|
Samoan |
La Maunia Le
Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
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Serbian |
Hristos se rodi |
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Slovakian |
Sretan Bozic or
Vesele vianoce |
|
Samoan |
La Maunia Le
Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
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Scots Gaelic |
Nollaig chridheil
huibh |
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Serbian |
Hristos se rodi. |
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Slovak |
Vesele Vianoce. A
stastlivy Novy Rok |
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Spanish |
Feliz Navidad |
|
Swedish |
God Jul and (Och)
Ett Gott Nytt Ã...r |
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Thai |
Sawadee Pee Mai |
|
Tongan |
Mele Kalisimasi |
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Turkish |
Noeliniz Ve Yeni
Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun |
|
Ukrainian |
Srozhdestvom
Kristovym |
|
Urdu |
Naya Saal Mubarak
Ho |
|
Vietnamese |
Chung Mung Giang
Sinh |
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Welsh |
Nadolig Llawen |
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Yugoslavian |
Cestitamo Bozic |
|
Will and Guy |
Funny Merry Christmas |
