Christmas, From Around The World

'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy Christmas' is shown in different languages from all around the world!
Some languages below use different characters and alphabets, they have been spelt in English best as possible.
 Language:Name:
African Languages

Swahili

Zulu

Chewa 


Krismasi Njema / Heri ya krismas

UKhisimusi omuhle

Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha Kristmasi
Afganistan (Dari)Christmas Mubarak (Ś©Ų±Ų³Ł…Ų³ Ł…ŲØŲ§Ų±Ś©)
AlbanianGĆ«zuar Krishtlindjen
ArabicEid Milad Majid (Ų¹ŁŠŲÆ Ł…ŁŠŁ„Ų§ŲÆ Ł…Ų¬ŁŠŲÆ)
Which means 'Glorious Birth Feast'
ArmenianShnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (ՇնÕøÖ€Õ°Õ”Õ¾Õøր Ō±Õ“Õ”Õ¶Õøր և ՍÕøւրբ Ō¾Õ¶Õøւնդ)
Which means 'Congratulations for the Holy Birth'
Belgium Dutch/Flemish

French

German

Walloon
Vrolijk Kerstfeest

Joyeux Noƫl

Frohe Weihnachten

djoyeus NoyƩ
BulgarianVesela Koleda
Chinese - Mandarin

Cantonese
Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣čƞåæ«ä¹)

Seng Dan Fai Lok (聖čŖ•åæ«ę؂)
Croatian
(and Bosnian)
Sretan Božić
CzechVesele Vanoce
DanishGlƦdelig Jul
The Democratic Republic of Congo -

Lingala
Mbotama Malamu
EsperantoFeliĉan Kristnaskon
EstonianRƵƵmsaid JƵulupĆ¼hi
FinnishHyvƤƤ joulua
French

Breton

Corsican
Joyeux Noƫl

Nedeleg Laouen

Bon Natale
GermanFrohe Weihnachten
Ghana - Dagbani

Akan
Ni ti Burunya Chou

Afishapa
GreekKala Christouyenna or ĪšĪ±Ī»Ī¬ Ī§ĻĪ¹ĻƒĻ„ĪæĻĪ³ĪµĪ½Ī½Ī±
Georgiangilocav shoba-akhal cā€™els
or įƒ’įƒ˜įƒšįƒįƒŖįƒįƒ• įƒØįƒįƒ‘įƒ-įƒįƒ®įƒįƒš įƒ¬įƒ”įƒšįƒ”
Greenlandic

Danish (also used in Greenland)
Juullimi Pilluarit

GlƦdelig Jul
HawaiianMele Kalikimaka
Holland (Dutch)Zalig Kerstfeest or Zalig Kerstmis (both mean Merry Christmas), Vrolijk Kerstfeest (Cheerful Christmas) or Prettig Kerstfeest (Nice Christmas)
HungarianKellemes karĆ”csonyi Ć¼nnepeket
IcelandicGleĆ°ileg jĆ³l
India - Hindi

Urdu

Sanskrit

Gujarati

Bengali

Tamil


Konkani

Kannada


Mizo

Marathi


Punjabi


Malayalam

Telugu
Śubh krisamas (ą¤¶ą„ą¤­ ą¤•ą„ą¤°ą¤æą¤øą¤®ą¤ø)

krismas mubarak (Ś©Ų±Ų³Ł…Ų³)

Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa

Anandi Natal or Khushi Natal (ąŖ†ąŖØąŖ‚ąŖ¦ą«€ ąŖØąŖ¾ąŖ¤ąŖ¾ąŖ²)

shubho bĆ“į¹›odin (ą¦¶ą§ą¦­ ą¦¬ą§œą¦¦ą¦æą¦Ø)

kiį¹Ÿistumas vāįø»ttukkaįø·
(ą®•ą®æą®±ą®æą®øąÆą®¤ąÆą®®ą®øąÆ ą®µą®¾ą®“ąÆą®¤ąÆą®¤ąÆą®•ąÆą®•ą®³ąÆ)

Khushal Borit Natala

kris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu
(ą²•ą³ą²°ą²æą²øą³ ą²®ą²øą³ ą²¹ą²¬ą³ą²¬ą²¦ ą²¶ą³ą²­ą²¾ą²·ą²Æą²—ą²³ą³)

Krismas Chibai

Śubh Nātāįø· (ą¤¶ą„ą¤­ ą¤Øą¤¾ą¤¤ą¤¾ą¤³) or
Natal Chya shubhechha

karisama te nawāį¹ƒ sāla khuÅ”ayāį¹ƒwālā hewe
(ąØ•ąØ°ąØæąØøąØ® ąØ¤ą©‡ ąØØąØµąØ¾ą©° ąØøąØ¾ąØ² ąØ–ą©ąØøąØ¼ąØæąØÆąØ¾ą©°ąØµąØ¾ąØ²ąØ¾ ąØ¹ą©‹ąØµą©‡)

Christmas inte mangalaashamsakal

Christmas Subhakankshalu
IndonesianSelamat Natal
Iran (Farsi)

Kurdish (Kumanji)
Christmas MobArak

KirƮsmes u ser sala we pƮroz be
Irish - GaelicNollaig Shona Dhuit
Israel - HebrewChag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח)
meaning Happy festival of the Birth
Italian

Sicilian

Ladin
Buon Natale

Bon Natali

Bon/Bun NadĆØl
JapaneseMeri Kurisumasu (or 'Meri Kuri' for short!)

Hiragana: ć‚ć‚Šćƒ¼ćć‚Šć™ć¾ć™

Katakana: 惔ćƒŖćƒ¼ć‚ÆćƒŖć‚¹ćƒžć‚¹
Korean'Meri krismas' (ė©”ė¦¬ ķ¬ė¦¬ģŠ¤ė§ˆģŠ¤) or 'Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo' (ģ¦ź±°ģš“ ķ¬ė¦¬ģŠ¤ė§ˆģŠ¤ ė˜ģ„øģš”)
LatvianPriecĆÆgus ZiemassvĀŗtkus
LithuanianLinksmų Kalėdų
MacedonianStreken Bozhik or Š”рŠµŃœŠµŠ½ Š‘Š¾Š¶ŠøŠŗ
Madagascar (Malagasy)Tratra ny Noely
MalteseIl-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 Languages

Apache (Western)

Navajo

Inuit

Yupik



Gozhqq Keshmish

Nizhonigo Keshmish

Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi

Alussistuakeggtaarmek

NepaliKreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (ą¤•ą„ą¤°ą¤øą„ą¤®ą¤øą¤•ą„‹ ą¤¶ą„ą¤­ą¤•ą¤¾ą¤®ą¤Øą¤¾)
New Zealand (Maori)Meri Kirihimete
Nigeria - Hausa

Yoruba

Fulani

Igbo (Ibo)

Edo

Ibibio
barka dƠ KirsƬmatƬ

E ku odun, e ku iye'dun

Jabbama be salla Kirismati

E keresimesi Oma

Iselogbe

Idara ukapade isua
NorwegianGod Jul or
Gledelig Jul
Philippines - Tagalog

Ilokano

Ilonggo

Sugbuhanon or Cebuano

Bicolano

Pangalatok or Pangasinense

Warey Warey
Maligayang Pasko

Naragsak Nga Paskua

Malipayon nga Pascua

Maayong Pasko

Maugmang Pasko

Maabig ya pasko or Magayagan inkianac

Maupay Nga Pasko
  Papiamentu - spoken in the Lesser Antilles (Aruba, CuraƧao, and Bonaire)Bon Pascu
Polish'Wesołych Świąt' (Merry Christmas)
'Bożego Narodzenia' (Christ is Born)
PortugueseFeliz Natal or
Boas Festas
RomanianCrăciun Fericit
Russians rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM (C рŠ¾Š¶Š“ŠµŃŃ‚Š²Š¾Š¼!) or
s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (Š”чŠ°ŃŃ‚Š»ŠøŠ²Š¾Š³Š¾ рŠ¾Š¶Š“ŠµŃŃ‚Š²Š°!)
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)Noheli nziza
SamoanManuia Le Kerisimasi
Scotland - Scots

Gaelic
Blithe Yule

Nollaig Chridheil
SerbianHristos se rodi (Š„рŠøстŠ¾Ń сŠµ рŠ¾Š“Šø) - Christ is born
Vaistinu se rodi (Š’Š°ŠøстŠøŠ½Ńƒ сŠµ рŠ¾Š“Šø) - truly born (reply)
SlovakianVesele Vianoce
Slovene or SlovenianVesel Božič
SomaliKirismas Wacan
South Africa (Afrikaans)

Zulu

Sesotho
Geseƫnde Kersfees

UKhisimusi omuhle

Le be le keresemese e monate
Spanish (EspaƱol)

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
Sinhala (spoken in Sri Lanka)Suba Naththalak Wewa (ą·ƒą·”ą¶¶ ą¶±ą¶­ą·Šą¶­ą¶½ą¶šą·Š ą·€ą·šą·€ą·)
SwedishGod Jul
SwissSchƶni Wiehnachte
ThaiSuk sarn warn Christmas
TurkishMutlu Noeller
Uganda (Lugandan)Seku Kulu
Ukranian'Š’ŠµŃŠµŠ»Š¾Š³Š¾ Š Ń–Š·Š“Š²Š°' Veseloho Rizdva (Merry Christmas) or 'Š„рŠøстŠ¾Ń Š Š¾Š¶Š“Š°Ń”Ń‚ŃŒŃŃ' Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Christ is Born)
VietnameseChuć MĘ°Ē¹g Giańg Sinh
WelshNadolig 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!)

Alassƫ a Hristomerendƫ (Joyous Feast of Christ)

Mereth Veren e-Doled Eruion (Joyous Feast of the Coming of the Son of God)

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