Fun_People Archive
2 Jan
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Around the World

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Fri,  2 Jan 98 01:05:11 -0800
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Subject: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Around the World

Here are many too many ways to say "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"...
(and good luck figuring out the pronunciation) - psl

Afrikaans - Geseende Kersfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar
Arabic - I'D Miilad Said ous Sana Saida
Argentine - Felices Pasquas Y Felices Ano Nuevo
Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Australian - 'ave a bonza Christy an' a beaut New Year, mate!
Azeri - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia - Selamat Hari Natal
Basque - Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali - Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian - Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloav ezh mat
Bulgarian - Vesela Koleda i chestita nova godina!
Cantonese - Gong Tsok Sing Dan, Bing Ho Sun Hei
Catalan - Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chinese - Shen tan jie kuai le.  Hsin Nien Kuaile (Mandarin, see Mandarin)
Chinese - Sing dan fae lok, gung hai fat choi  (Cantonese)
Choctaw - Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Cornish - Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsian - Pace e salute
Crazanian - Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Creek - Afvcke Nettvcakorakko
Croatian - Sretan Bozic
Czech - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Czech - Vesele' va'noce a s~t~astny' novy' rok!
Danish - Glaedelig Jul og glaedelig nytar
Danish - God jul og godt nytaar    (pre-1948 Danish)
Duri - Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een gelukkig nieuwjaar
Egyptian - Colo sana wintom tiebeen
English - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Eskimo - Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo! (Inupik)
Esperanto - Felican Kristnaskon kaj Bonan Novjaron!
Esperanto - Gajan Kristnaskon kaj Felican Novan Jaron
Estonian - Haeid joulupuehi ja head uut aastat!
Faeroese - Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
Farsi - Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Filipinos - Maligayang Pasko
Finnish - Hauskaa Joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta!
Flemish - Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French - Joyeux Noel et Bonne Annee!
Frisian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ur!
Galician - Bo Nadal
German - Froehliche Weihnachten und ein glueckliches Neues Jahr
Greek - Hronia polla ke eftihismenos o kenourios hronos (Classical)
Greek - Kala Christougenna kai evtichismenos o kainourios chronos! (Modern)
Guarani - Navidad Ara Pora
Hausa - Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaian - Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka nui loa!
Hebrew - Chag Sameach (Happy Holiday)
Hebrew - L'shana Tova (To a good year)
Hindi - Shub Naya Baras
Hipster - Have a Cool Yule and a frantic First!
Hungarian - Kellemes karacsonyi uennepeket es boldog ujevet!
Icelandic - Gledhileg jol og farsalt komandi ar!
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal dan Selamat Tahun Baru!
Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Irish - Nollaig faoi shean agus faoi shonas duit agus bliain nua faoi
        mhaise dhuit!
Italian - Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!
Japanese - Meri Kurisumasu soshite Akemashite Omedeto!
Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jiberish - Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
Korean - Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin - Natale hilare et Annum Nuovo!
Latvian - Priecigus Ziemsvetkus un Laimigu Jaungadu!
Lausitzian - Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Low Saxon - Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
Maltese - Nixtieklek Milied tajjeb u is-sena t-tabja!
Mandarin - Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (also see Chinese)
Manx - Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori - Meri Kirihimete
Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo - Merry Keshmish
Norwegian - God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar
Occitan - Pulit nadal e bona annado
Papua New Guinea - Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go
long yu
Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag unen hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish - Vesowe Boze Narodzenie
Polish - Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku!
Portuguese - Boas Festas Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Portuguese - Feliz Natal e um Prospero Ano Novo
Pushto - Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian - Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche - Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn! (sursilvan dialect)
Romanian - Craciun fericit si un an nou fericit
Romanian - Sarbatori vesele
Russian - Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Russian - S nastupaiushchim Novym godom i s Rozhdestvom Khristovym!
Sami - Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardinian - Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Scots Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian - Sretam Bozic.  Vesela Nova Godina
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Singhalese - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak - Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovakian - Stastne a vesele Vianoce a vela stastia v novom roku
Slovene - Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish - Feliz Navidad y Prospero ano nuevo!
Swedish - God Jul Och Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Tagalog - Maligayang Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai - Sawadee Pee Mai
Trukeese - Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech! (Micronesian)
Turkish - Noeliniz kutlu olsun ve yeni yilinis kutlu olsun!
Ukrainan - Z novym rokom i s rizdvom Hrystovym!
Urdu - Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese - Chuc mung nam moi va Giang Sing vui ve
Welsh - Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Da!"
Xhosa - Siniqwenelela Ikrisimesi EmnandI Nonyaka Omtsha Ozele Iintsikelelo
Namathamsanqa
Yayeya - Krisema
Yoruba - E ku odun, e hu iye' dun!
Yugoslavian - Cestitamo Bozic.
Zulu - Sinifesela Ukhisimusi Omuhle Nonyaka Omusha Onempumelelo

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