CHRISTMAS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

On this page 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy Christmas' is shown in different languages from all around the world!

Some languages below use different characters and alphabets, so I have also spelt them in English as best I can!

African Langauges Swahili Zulu Chewa	Krismasi Njema / Heri ya krismas UKhisimusi omuhle Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha Kristmasi
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)	Prettig Kerstfeest or Vrolijk Kerstfeest
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	Buon Natale
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 Languages Apache (Western) Navajo Inuit Yupik	Gozhqq Keshmish Nizhonigo Keshmish Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi Alussistuakeggtaarmek This page has a large list of Merry Christmas Native/First Nation Languages
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
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')
Swedish	God Jul
Switzerland	Schöni Wiehnachte
Thai	Suk sarn warn Christmas
Turkish	Mutlu Noeller
Uganda (Lugandan)	Seku Kulu
Ukranian	Veseloho Rizdva i z Novym Rokom or Веселого Різдва і з Новим Роком
Vietnamese	Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh
Welsh	Nadolig Llawen
Zimbabwe - Shona Ndebele	Muve neKisimusi Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni