Happy New Year in 50 Different Languages

Note: In some languages the accents are important,
for example in Spanish you really do need the tilde over the ‘n’ in Año.  Ano without a tilde, has the most unfortunate meaning happy new anus.

Language	Happy New Year
Afrikaans	Gelukkige nuwe jaar
Arabic	Sana Sa-eeda
Bengali	Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Cambodian	Soursdey Chhnam Tmei
Catalan	Feliç Any Nou
Chinese (Mandarin)	Xin Nian Kuai Le  謹 賀 新 年
Croatian	Sretna Nova godina
Danish	Godt Nytår
Dutch	Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Eskimo	Kiortame pivdluaritlo
Esperanto	Felican Novan Jaron
Finnish	Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
French	Bonne Année
Gaelic	Bliadhna mhath ur
German	Prosit Neujahr
Greek	Kenourios Chronos
Hawaiian	Hauoli Makahiki Hou
Hebrew	L’Shannah Tovah
Hindi	Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen
Hong Kong	Sun Leen Fai Lok
Hungarian	Boldog Ooy Ayvet
Indonesian	Selamat Tahun Baru
Iranian	Saleh now mobarak
Iraqi	Sanah Jadidah
Irish	Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit
Italian	Felice anno nuovo
Icelandic	Farsælt komandi ár
Japanese	Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu
Korean	Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo
Kurdish	Newroz Pirozbe
Latvian	Laimīgo Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian	Laimingu Naujuju Metu
Maltese	Is Senat Tajba
Nepal	Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana
Norwegian	Godt Nyttår
Papua New Guinea	Nupela yia i go long yu
Persian	Saleh now ra tabrik migouyam
Philippines	Manigong Bagong Taon
Polish	Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese	Feliz Ano Novo
Punjabi	Nave sal di mubarak
Romanian	An Nou Fericit
Russian	С Новым Годом (S Novim Godom)
Samoa	Manuia le Tausaga Fou
Serbo-Croatian	Sretna nova godina
Slovak	A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovenian	Sreèno novo leto
Somali	Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican
Spanish	Féliz Año Nuevo
Swahili	Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº
Swedish	Gott nytt år!
Sudanese	Warsa Enggal
Tamil	Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal
Thai	Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish	Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian	Новим роком!
Urdu	Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho
Vietnamese	Chuc Mung Tan Nien
Welsh	Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Happy New Year

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

How to Say “Merry Christmas” in 75 Other Languages

Language	Merry Christmas
Afrikaans	Gesëende Kersfees
Albanian	Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic	Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Argentine	Feliz Navidad
Armenian	Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Basque	Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali	Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian	Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian	Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton	Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian	Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan	Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile	Feliz Navidad
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
Corsian	Pace e salute
Croatian	Sretan Bozic
Czech	Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish	Glædelig Jul
Dutch	Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
English	Merry Christmas
Eskimo	(inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto	Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian	Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Finnish	Hyvaa joulua
Flemish	Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French	Joyeux Noel
Frisian	Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Gaelic	Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German	Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek	Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian	Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew	Mo’adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi	Shub Naya Baras
Hawaiian	Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hungarian	Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic	Gledileg Jol
Indonesian	Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi	Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish	Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Italian	Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese	Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean	Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin	Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian	Prieci’gus Ziemsve’tkus un Laimi’gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian	Linksmu Kaledu
Maltese	LL Milied Lt-tajjeb
Manx	Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori	Meri Kirihimete
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
Philippines	Maligayan Pasko!
Polish	Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese	Feliz Natal
Romanian	Sarbatori fericite & La multi ani
Russian	S RazhdеstvOm! (New Year S Novim Godom!)
Samoan	La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Serbian	Hristos se rodi
Slovakian	Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Samoan	La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic	Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serbian	Hristos se rodi.
Slovak	Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Spanish	Feliz Navidad
Swedish	God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ã…r
Thai	Sawadee Pee Mai
Tongan	Mele Kalisimasi
Turkish	Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian	Христос Родився (Hrustos Roduvsya)
Urdu	Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese	Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh	Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian	Cestitamo Bozic
Will and Guy	Funny Merry Christmas