Do YOU Celebrate Christmas?
Many People and Cultures around the World celebrate Christmas. Not all do and not all want to but if you are celebrating, Effort Trust would like to wish you a very 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy Christmas' in whatever language you may speak!
Some languages use different characters and alphabets, so these are spelt in English (as close as possible)!
Language: Name:
African Languages;
Swahili Krismasi Njema / Heri ya krismas
Zulu UKhisimusi omuhle
Chewa Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha Kristmasi
Afghanistan (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 (Õ‡Õ¶Õ¸Ö€Õ°Õ¡Õ¾Õ¸Ö€ Ô±Õ´Õ¡Õ¶Õ¸Ö€ Ö‡ ÕÕ¸Ö‚Ö€Õ¢ Ô¾Õ¶Õ¸Ö‚Õ¶Õ¤)Which means 'Congratulations for the Holy Birth'
Belgium - Dutch/Flemish Vrolijk Kerstfeest
French Joyeux Noël
German Frohe Weihnachten
Walloon djoyeus Noyé
Bulgarian 'vesela 'koleda
Chinese
Mandarin Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣诞快ä¹)
Cantonese Seng Dan Fai Lok (è–誕快樂)
Croatian (and Bosnian) Sretan Božić
Czech Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce
Danish Glædelig Jul
The Democratic Republic of Mbotama Malamu
Congo - Lingala
Estonian Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
Finnish Hyvää Joulua
French Joyeux Noël
Breton Nedeleg Laouen
Corsican Bon Nat ale
German Frohe Weihnachten
Ghana –Dagbani Ni ti Burunya Chou
Akan Afishapa
Greek Kala Christouyenna or Καλά ΧριστοÏγεννα
Greenlandic Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu Pilluarit
Danish (also used in Greenland) Glædelig Jul
Hawaiian Mele Kalikimaka
Holland (Dutch) Prettig Kerstfeest or Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Hungarian Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket
Icelandic Gleðileg jól
India
Hindi Åšubh krisamas (शà¥à¤ कà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤¸à¤®à¤¸)
Urdu krismas mubarak (کرسمس)
Sanskrit Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa
Gujarati Anandi Natal or Khushi Natal (આનંદી નાતાલ)
Bengali shubho bôá¹›odin (শà§à¦ বড়দিন)
Tamil kiṟistumas vÄḻttukkaḷ (கிறிஸà¯à®¤à¯à®®à®¸à¯ வாழà¯à®¤à¯à®¤à¯à®•à¯à®•à®³à¯)
Konkani Khushal Borit Natala
Kannada kris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu (ಕà³à²°à²¿à²¸à³ ಮಸೠಹಬà³à²¬à²¦ ಶà³à²à²¾à²·à²¯à²—ಳà³)
Mizo Krismas Chibai
Marathi NavÄ«n vará¹£acyÄ hÄrdik Å›ubhecchÄ (नवीन वरà¥à¤·à¤šà¥à¤¯à¤¾ हारà¥à¤¦à¤¿à¤• शà¥à¤à¥‡à¤šà¥à¤›à¤¾)
Punjabi karisama te nawÄṃ sÄla khušayÄṃwÄlÄ hewe (ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖà©à¨¶à¨¿à¨¯à¨¾à©°à¨µà¨¾à¨²à¨¾ ਹੋਵੇ)
Malayalam Christmas inte mangalaashamsakal
Indonesian Selamat Natal
Iran (Farsi) Christmas MobArak
Kurdish (Kumanji) 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
Sicilian Bon Natali
Japanese Meri Kurisumasu (or 'Meri Kuri' for short!)
Hiragana: ã‚りーãã‚Šã™ã¾ã™
Katakana: メリークリスマス
Korean 'Meri krismas' (메리 í¬ë¦¬ìŠ¤ë§ˆë¥´) or 'Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo' (ì¦ê±°ìš´ í¬ë¦¬ìŠ¤ë§ˆìŠ¤ ë˜ì„¸ìš”)
Latvian Priecïgus Ziemassvºtkus
Lithuanian Linksmų Kalėdų
Macedonian Streken Bozhik or Cpeќeн Бoжик
Madagascar (Malagasy) Tratra ny Noely
Maltese Il-Milied it-Tajjeb
Malaysia Bahasa/Malay Selamat Hari Natal
Malayalam Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal
Native American/First Nation Languages
Apache (Western) Gozhqq Keshmish
Navajo Nizhonigo Keshmish
Inuit Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi
Yupik Alussistuakeggtaarmek
Nepali Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (कà¥à¤°à¤¸à¥à¤®à¤¸à¤•à¥‹ शà¥à¤à¤•à¤¾à¤®à¤¨à¤¾)
New Zealand (Maori) Meri Kirihimete
Nigeria
Hausa barka dà Kirsìmatì
Yoruba E ku odun, e ku iye'dun
Fulani Jabbama be salla Kirismati
Igbo (Ibo) E keresimesi Oma
Edo Iselogbe
Ibibio Idara ukapade isua
Norwegian God Jul or Glædelig Jul
Philippines
Tagalog Maligayang Pasko
Ilokano Naragsak Nga Paskua
Ilonggo Malipayon nga Pascua
Sugbuhanon or Cebuano Maayong Pasko
Bicolano Maugmang Pasko
Pangalatok or Pangasinense 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 рождеÑтвом!) or s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (СчаÑтливого рождеÑтва!)
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) Noheli nziza
Samoan Manuia Le Kerisimasi
Scotland
Scots Blithe Yule
Gaelic Nollaig Chridheil
Serbian Hristos se rodi (ХриÑÑ‚Ð¾Ñ Ñе роди) - Christ is born Vaistinu se rodi (ВаиÑтину Ñе роди) - truly born (reply)
Slovakian Vesele Vianoce
Slovene or Slovenian Vesel BožiÄ
Somali Kirismas Wacan
Spanish (Español) Feliz Navidad or Nochebuena (which means 'Holy Night' - Christmas Eve)
Catalan Bon Nadal
Galician Bo Nadal
Basque 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
Ukrainian Veseloho Vam Rizdva or ВеÑелого Різдва
Vietnamese Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh
Welsh Nadolig Llawen
Zimbabwe
Shona Muve neKisimusi
Ndebele Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni
And for those who believe they come from their own WORLDS;
Klingon (Star Trek) toDwI'ma' qoS yItIvqu' (Our Savior's birthday you-enjoy!)
Quenya (Lord of the Rings) Alassë a Hristomerendë (Joyous Feast of Christ)
Sindarin (Lord of the Rings) Mereth Veren e-Doled Eruion (Joyous Feast of the Coming of the Son of God)
Whatever it is that you may or may not be celebrating this time of year we wish you all the best for a safe and joyous time with family and friends. Enjoy your days, enjoy your company, show compassion and love one another!