Merry Christmas in 290+ languages

For those who celebrate, we wish you a Merry Christmas in your language.

LANGUAGE COUNTRY MERRY CHRISTMAS
Acholi Sudan Mot ki Yomcwiny Botwu Me Mwaka Manyen
Adhola Uganda Wafoyo Chamo Mbaga
Afrikaans South Africa Geséende Kersfees
Albanian Albania gëzuar Krishtlindja
Aleut USA (Alaska) Ruudzdistvachxizax^ama ama slum tagadagan inix^sinaa imchix anuxtakus
Alsacian France, Alsace gleckika Wïanachta
Alur Uganda Wafoyo Kado Oro
Alutiiq (Russian Origin) USA (Alaska) Spraasnikam! [Happy Holidays]
Alutiiq (Sugtestun Official Lang.) USA (Alaska) Piamci Amlesquat Uksut
Angami India U kenei Christmas mu teicie kesa-u sie teicie kesa-u sie niepete keluo shuzaie we.
Ankole Uganda Mukhulukhe Omwaka
Apache, Western USA Gozhqq Késhmish
Apalachicola Creek USA Nettv-Cako-Rakko
Arabic Middle East, North Africa ميلاد مجيد (miilaad majiid)
Aragonese Spain Goyosa Nabidà!
Aranès Spain Bon Nadau!
Armenian Armenia Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Asturian Spain Bones Navidaes
Ata Philippines Maroyon na Pasko woy kaopia-an ng Bag-ong Tuig kaniyo’t langon mga sulod
Aymara Peru & Bolivia Sooma Nawira-ra
Azeri Azerbaijan & Iran Noel bayraminiz mubarak
Bafut Cameroon Mboni Chrismen
Balu Cameroon Duma e bo’o e be Zambe e yôb été, a mvo’éé bo’o si nyô, e be bôt a yene mvaé
Bamoun Cameroon Poket Kristmet
Banen Cameroon Enganda ye hiono mes
Bangang Cameroon Mbung Mbung Krismie
Basque Basque (Between Spain & France) Eguberri on
Basque Basque (Between Spain & France) Egu Berri Zerientsuak!
Bassa Cameroon Ngand Nwi Lam
Batak Karo Indonesia Mejuah-juah Ketuahen Natal
Batak Pakpak Indonesia Njuah-juah Ketuaken Natal
Batak Simalungun Indonesia Horos hatuahon Natal
Batak Toba Indonesia Horas Hatuaon Natal
Belarusian Belarus З Божым нараджэннем (Z Bozym naradzenniem)
Bemba Zambia Kristu abe nenu muli ino nshikunkulu ya Mwezi
Bengali India,Bangledesh Shuvo Boro Din
Bikol Philippines Maog-mang Pasko
Bilaan Philippines Pye duh di kaut Kristo klu muntug Felemi Fali!
Blackfoot USA/Canada I’taamomahkatoyiiksistsikomi [Merry big holy day]
Bosnian Bosnia, Herzegovina sretan Božić
Brahui Pakistan Arkas caik xuda are
Breton France (Brittany) Nedeleg laouen
Bulgarian Bulgaria Chestita Koleda
Bulu Cameroon Duma e bo’o e be Zambe e yôb été, a mvo’ é é bo’o ai nyô, e be bôt a yene mvaé
Bura Nigeria Usa ma ka Kirisimassu
Burmese Burma Christmas nay hma mue pyaw pa
Cantonese China Singdaan faailok
Carrier,Central Canada Zoo dungwel
Catalan Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia bon Nadal
Cebuano Philippines Malipayon nga Pasko!
Central Ahtna USA (Alaska) C’ehwggelnen Dzaen [Holy Day, Holiday]
Chaha,Iza,Geto Ethiopia bogem h n mh m
Chamba Nigeria Wi na ge nyare Su dome Kirismass:
Cherokee USA Danistayohihv
Cheyenne USA Hoesenestotse
Chichewa Malawi Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha X’mas
Chinese China 圣诞快乐 (shèng dàn kuài lè)
Choctaw USA Nitak hollo chito yukpa.
Cornish U.K. (Cornwall) Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsican Corsica & Sardinia Paci è saluta
Corsican Corsica & Sardinia bon Natale
Cree USA Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Creek USA Afvcke Nettv Cako Rakko
Croatian Croatia Sretan Bozic i Nova godina!
Czech Czech Republic Veselé Vánoce
Dagbani Ghana Ni ti Burunya Chou
Damara/Nama Namibia Khixa!nâ K’resmes
Danish Denmark Glædelig Jul!
Dibabawon Philippines Marayaw na Pasko aw Bag-ong Tuig kaniyo tibo na mga soon
Diné (Navajo) USA (Southwest) Yá’át’ééh Késhmish
Dinka Sudan Miet puou yan dhiedh Banyda tene Yin
Dogon Mali Amba u m bara! [May God help you!]
Dschang/M’wock Cameroon Chrismi a lekah
Duala Cameroon Krismes ya bwam
Dutch Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Aruba Prettige Kerstdagen
Ekoka !Kung Namibia N//haba ma o = omti ke !’aisi khwiya, kai ma o geya kx’a g!uts’i ke djhu/xwa !kx’a si’e N//haba ghu
English USA, Canada Merry Christmas!
Esperanto Eastern & Northern Europe, Eastern Asia, Brazil, Iran Felican Kristnaskon
Estonian Estonia Häid jõule
Ewe Togo,Ghana Blunya na wo
Ewondo Cameroon Mbemde abog abyali nti!
Fali Nigeria Use d’h Krismass
Faroese Faroe Islands (Denmark) góð jól
Finnish Finland Hyvää joulua!
Flemish Belgium Zalig Kerstmis!  or  Zalig Kerstfeest!
French France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario), Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg Joyeux Noël
Frisian Denmark, Netherlands & Germany  noflike Krystdagen
Frisian Denmark, Netherlands & Germany  Goede Krystdagen
Friulan Italy (northeast Friuli) Bon Nadal!
Fulfulde Nigeria & Mali Jabbama be salla Kirismati
Gaelic Ireland Nollaig Shona
Galician Galicia (an autonomous community in northwestern Spain) bo Nadal
Gciriku Namibia Mfiyawidi yaKrisimisa
Georgian Georgia(Sakartvelo) Gilotsavt Krist’es Shobas
German Germany, Austria. Switzerland Frohe Weihnachten!
Gitksan W. Canada Hisgusgitxwsim Ha’niisgats Christ ganhl Ama Sii K’uuhl!
Greek Greece kala christougenna / kala xristougenna
Greenlandic Greenland Juullimi pilluaritsi
Guahibo Colombia,Venezuela Pexania Navidadmatacabi pijinia pexaniapejanawai paxainaename
Guambiano Colombia Navidadwan Tabig tugagunrrigay
Guaraní Ñandeva Paraguay Avyaitete ahï ko Tupa ray árape qyraï Yy Kapyryin rira
Guarayu Bolivia ¡Imboeteipri tasecoi Tupa i vave!
Gujarati India Natal ni shub kaamnao
Gwere Uganda Osusuku Omusa
Gwich’in W Canada Drin tsal zhit shoh ohlii
Haitian Haitia jwaye Nowel
Hän W Canada Drin tsul zhìt shò ahlay
Hausa Nigeria barka dà Kirsìmatì
Hawaiian USA (Hawai) Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hauloi Makahiki hou
Hebrew Jewish People Khag Molad same’akh
Herero Namibia Okresmesa ombwa
Hiligaynon Philippines Malipayon nga paskua
Hindi India ba-Ré din kee ba-dhaa-ee
Hungarian Hungary Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket
Hunguan Philippines Maphod au nitungawan Apo Dios Kituwen baron di toon
Iban Malaysia Ngajih ka Nuan/Kita/ langtang-senang, gayu-guru, gerai-nyamai nyambut Hari Besai Krismas
Ibanag Philippines Mapalupaguiya nga Pascua
Icelandic Iceland Gleðileg jól
Igbo Nigeria & Cameroon Ekelere m gi maka Keresimesi na ubochi izizi afo ozo
Igbo Nigeria & Cameroon annuri Ekeresimesi
Ilocano Philippines naragsak a paskua
Ilokano Philippines Naragsak nga paskua kon barung nga tawon
Ilongo Philippines Maa-yong Paskwa
Indonesian Indonesia Selamat Hari Natal
Inupiaq USA (Alaska) Annaurri Aniruq
Iñupiatam Canada Quvianaq Agaayuniqpak
Irish gaelic Ireland Nollaig shona
Iroquois USA Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson homungradon nagwutut
Italian Italy Buon Natale
Japanese Japan merii kurisumasu
Javanese Indonesia (Java) sugeng Natal
Kabylian Algeria assegass amegass
Kaqchikel Guatemala Dios tik’ujie’ avik’in [God be with you]
Karelian Russia Hyveä rostuon proasnikkoa ta
Kashmiri India Christmas Id Mubarak
Khasy India Krismas basuk
Kihaya Tanzania Waihuka na Noeli
Kikamba Kenya Ithiwa na Kisimasi Kiseo
Kikuyu Kenya Gia na Thigukuu njega Na MwakaMweru wi Gikeno
Kinyarwanda Rwanda Noheli nziza
Kirundi Burundi, Tanzania, Congo-Kinshasa & Uganda Noheli nziza
Kisongye Zaire Kutandika kua Yesu kuibuwa!
Kom Cameroon Isangli Krismen
Korean Korea seun-tan chu-ka-hae-yo
Koyukon USA (Alaska) Denaahto’ Hoolaanh Dedzaanh Sodeelts’eeyh
Krio Gambia Cheers dis Krismas Oo!
Kurdish Turkey, Iraq, Iran & Syria Noela we pîroz be
Kutchin USA (Alaska) Drin Tsal Neenjit Goozu’
Kwangali Namibia Kerekemisa zongwa
Kyiga Uganda Mwebare khuhika – Ha Noel
Lakota N. Central Us Wanikiya tonpi wowiyuskin
Lamnso Cameroon Kisheri ke Kisimen
Lango Uganda Afoyo Chamo Mwaka
Lao Laos souksan van Christmas
Latin Latium & Ancient Rome Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis
Latvian Latvia Priecigus Ziemsvetkus
Ligurian Liguria (northern Italy) bun Denâ / bun Natâle
Lithuanian Lithuania Linksmu Kalédu
Lokoya Sudan Amuno no Natali
Lotha India Christmas elani nzyu ethan myingona nte topvu Tunghi ematha longshi salam ka.
Low saxon Germany & Netherlands vrolik Kersfees
Lower Tanana USA (Alaska) Bet’oxdilt’ayi bedena’ ch’exulanhde dranh ninoxudedhet
Lozi Namibia Kilisimasi ya nyakalalo
Luganda Uganda Amazalibwa Agesanyu or Nkwagaliza Sekukulu Omulunji
Luhya Kenya Isuguku Indahi
Luo Kenya & Tanzania Sikuku Mar Higa Kod Mor
Luo Kenya & Tanzania Nyasai Opaki Oro Manyeni
Luxembourgeois Luxembourg Déi bescht Wënsch!
Macedonian FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) srećen Božić
Madurès Indonesia Pada salamet sabhala bengko areja
Makassar Indonesia Salama’ Natal
Malagasy Madagascar Arahaba tratry ny Krismasy
Malayan India Selamat Hari Natal
Maltese Malta Il-Milied it-Tajjeb
Mambwe Zambia Kristu aye namwe umu nsikunkulu ino iya Mwezi
Mandarin Hong Kong Ching Chi Shen Tan
Mandobo Philippines Mepiya Pagasaulog sa pagka-otaw ni Jesus aw maontong kaling Omay!
Mangian “Buhid” Philippines Fiya Pagpasko
Mangian “Hanunuo” Philippines Mayad pag Pasko kag
Mansaka & Mandaya Philippines Madyaw na Pasko aw malipayong Bag-ong Tuig kamayo, mga lumon
Manx Isle Of Man Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori New Zealand meri Kirihimete
Margi Nigeria Use aga Kirismassi
Mataco Argentina Lesilatyaj ihi Dios ta i pule ye, Letamsek ihi wichi ta Dios ikojejthi ta i honat e
Meithei India Krismas Hlimum
Metis (Michif) Canada Gayayr Nwel
Mingrelian Georgia k’irses mugoxuamant
Monegasque Monaco bon Natale
Muru Sudan Medu amiri ovuru Yesu opi amaro
Muyu Indonesia Lip Ki amun aa Natal Kowe
Naasioi Bougainville Is. Tampara Kirisimaasi
Naskapi Canada miywaaitaakun mikusaanor or *
Navajo USA (Southwest) Kasmish Bihozhi
Ndjem Cameroon Mbeya mbeya Ebiel
Ndogo Sudan Ye ki ve yo ta O Gbi Christmas
Ndonga Namibia Esimano olyaKalunga gwokombandambanda!
Nepali Nepal Krist Yesu Ko Shuva Janma Utsav Ko Upalaxhma Hardik Shuvakamana
Norwegian Norway God Jul
Nuba – Hieban Sudan nati kalo gathje uwa gigihla
Nuba – Kawalib Sudan Amirnar Krismas Gi
Nuba – Moro Sudan Nidli pred naborete nano
Nuer Sudan E mal rey kurimis seh tee kon
Nyanja Zambia Kristu akhale ndi inu munyengo ino ya Christmas
Nynorsk Norway god jul
Occità France Bon Nadal e benaürós An Nòu
Occitan Occitani (Southern France, Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco, and in Val d’Aran in Catalonia, Spain) bon Nadal
Ojibwe (Chippewa) N Usa/S Canada Niibaa’ anami’egiizhigad
Oneida USA Wanto’wan
Pangalatok Philippines Maabig ya pasko or Magayagan inkianac
Papiamento Aruba & Curacao Bon Pasko
Pennsylvania Dutch USA En frehlicher Grischtaag
Persian Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia krissmas khojaste / krissmas farkhonde
Pidgin Cameroon Habin Krismas
Polish Poland Wesołych Świąt
Portuguese Portugal Feliz Natal!
Q’anjob’al Mexico chi woche swatx’ilal hak’ul yet jun yalji Komami’
Quechua Peru Sumaj kausay kachun Navidad ch’sisipi.
Quiche Guatemala Dios kkje’ awuk’ [God be with you]
Rengma India Anu keghi Christmas nu amapi kethighi wa salam pi nthu chupenle.
Retvara Colombia Mamaka wejejerãka
Romani (Gypsy) Europe baxtalo Krečuno
Romani, Vlax Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) Lacho Krichuno thai baxtalo Nevo Bersh
Romanian Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) Sarbatori Fericite
Romanian Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) un Crăciun fericit
Romansch Switzerland Bung Nadal
Rongmei India Mei kathui nata neila mei Khristmas akhatni gai mei tingkum kathan tu-na arew we.
Rukiga Rwanda & Uganda Noheiri nungi / webale Noheiri
Russian Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia S Rozhdestvom Khristovym
Salcha USA (Alaska) Dzeen chox teedle ‘aay nayilkaa
Sami N. Europe Buorre Juovllaid
Samoan Samoa ia manuia le Kerisimasi
Sango Central Africa Republic Gloire na Nzapa na ndouzou aho kouè, Na siriri na ndo sessé na popo ti ajo so amou nguia na Lo.
Santali India Raska nawa Serma
Sardinian Italy (Sardinia) Bona Pascka
Scottish Gaelic Scotland Nollaig Chridheil
Secoya Ecuador Sihuañu’u Ejaërepa aide’ose’ere.
Semandang Indonesia Selamat gawai Natal
Serbo-Croatian Serbia, Croatia Srechan Bozhich
Shona Zimbabwe & Mozambique krisimas yakanaka
Sindhi Pakistan Chrismas joon wadhayoon
Singhalese Sri Lanka Subha nath thalak Vewa
Slovak Slovak Republic Veselé Vianoce
Slovenian Slovenia Vesele Bozhichne Praznike
Sobota Slovenia dobro dedek
Soga Uganda Mwisuka Sekukulu
Sorbian, High Germany Wiesole hody
Sorbian, Low Germany Wjasole gody
Sotho (North) South Africa Mahlatsi A Matswalo A Morena Le Ngwaga O Moswa
Sotho (South) Lesotho Litakaletso Tse Monate Tsa Keresemese Le Mahlohonolo A Selemo Se Secha
Spanish Spain, Lating America, South America Feliz Navidad
Sranen Suriname Bun kresneti
Subanen Philippines Piak Pasko Pu Piag Bago Tawn
Swahili Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Kuwa na Krismasi njema
Swedish Sweden God Jul
Tagakaulo Philippines Madyaw Pagsalog sa Pagka-otaw ni Jesus.
Tagalog Philippines Maligayang pasko
Tahitian Tahiti ‘ia ‘oa’oa e teie Noera
Tala-Andig Philippines Maayad ha pasko daw bag-ong tuig
Tamil India (South), Singapore, Malaysia Nathaar thina vaalthukal
Tanaina USA (Alaska) Natukda Qizdlan Na’el Qanahdghalen
Tayal Taiwan Ppaquasta ta. Ppguasta hentang na Jesu.
Tewa USA Hihchandi Núuphaa
Thai Thailand Sooksun Wan Christmas
Tlingit USA (Alaska), Canada Xristos kuwusteeyí káx sh kaxtoolxétl
Tonga Zambia Kristo abe anduwe muciindo ca Christmas
Toraja Indonesia Salama’ Natal
Tshibindi Zaire Lusuu luboyi lu Uledibue! – Kidimu kiafuni kiboyi!
Tshiluba Zaire Diledibua dilenga dia Mfumu – Tshidimu tshipia-tshipia thsilenga.
Tswana Botswana A e nne ngwaga ye ntsha ya letlhôgônôlô.
Tumbuka Zambia Kristu wabe namwe munyengo ya Christmas
Turkish Turkey, Cyprus Noeliniz kutlu olsun
Tutchone, Northern W Canada Ut’óhudinch’i Húlin Dzenú.
Tutchone, Southern W Canada Ut’àkwädch’e dzänù nàkwìtth’ät
Ukrainian Ukraine Khristos Razhdaetsya
Umbundu Angola Natale, Natale, Oyo O Natale
Vepsian Russia Hyväd rashtvan praznikad i Ozad udele vodele!
Vietnamese Vietnam Chúc Mùng Giáng Sinh
Visayan Philippines Masinadyahon nga Paskua Kay Malipayon nga Bag-ong tuig!
Votian Russia Yvää rashtagoa!
Waloon Belgium djoyeus Noyé
Wambo Namibia Okrismesa iwa
Waray-Waray Philippines Maupay nga Pasko
Welsh Wales Nadolig Llawen
West indian creole Caribbean jénwèl
Xhosa South Africa Si Ku Nqwenelela Ikresmesientle Kanye No Nyaka Omtsha
Yanesha’-Amuesha Peru Yomporcha’ ya’ nataya
Yiddish Israel, Germany, Eastern Europe a gute nitl
Yupik, Central USA (Alaska) Alussistuaqegtaar
Yupik, Siberian Siberia & USA (Alaska) Quyanalghii Kuusma
Zarma or Dzerma Nigeria Barka da Issa hay-yan hanné.
Zimé or Kelo Chad El ma ka bar vra aso vei Lu.
Zulu South Africa Sinifisela Ukhisimusi Omuhle No Nyaka Omusha
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Happy New Year in 260+ languages

Join us as we wish our friends and colleagues you a Happy New Year in their native language.  

LANGUAGE
COUNTRY
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Adhola
Uganda
Bothi Oro Manyeni
Afrikaans
South Africa
Voorspoedige Nuwejaar!
Akposso
 
ilufio ètussé
Albanian
Albania
Gëzuar Vitin E Ri
Alsacian
France, Alsace
E Glecklichs Nej Johr!
Alur
Uganda
Wafoyo Tundo Oromanyeni
Alutiiq
USA (Alaska)
Amlertut Kiaget!
Arabic
Middle East, North Africa
Kull ‘Aam Wa-Antum Bikhayr
Aragonese
Spain
Goyosa Añada Benién
Arawak
Suriname
Aba Satho Niw Jari Da’wisida Bon
Armenian
Armenia
shnorhavor nor tari
Assamese
India
Rongaali Bihur Xubhessaa Lobo
Asturian
Spain
Gayoleru Añu Nuevu!
Aukan
Suriname
Wi E Winsi I Wan Bun Nyun Yali
Azeri
Azerbaijan & Iran
Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bafut
Cameroon
Mboni Alooyefee
Bamanankan
Mali
aw ni san’kura / bonne année
Bamoun
Cameroon
Poket Lum Mfe
Banen
Cameroon
Hion Hios Hes
Bangang
Cameroon
Mbung Mbung Ngouh Suiie
Basque
Basque (Between Spain & France)
Urte Berri On!
Bassa
Cameroon
Nwi Lam
Belarusian
Belarus
З новым годам (Z novym hodam)
Bengali
India,Bangledesh
Shuvo Nobo Borsho
Berber (native name: Tamazight)
Indigenous languages of North Africa west of the Nile
asgwas amegas
Beti
 
mbembe mbu
Bhojpuri
Ne India, Nepal
Naya Sal Mubarak Ho
Bobo
Burkina Faso
bonne année
Bosnian
Bosnia, Herzegovina
sretna nova godina
Breton
Brittany (France)
Bloavez Mad
Bulgarian
Bulgaria
Chestita Nova Godina
Burmese
Burma
hnit thit ku mingalar pa
Cantonese
China
San Nin Faailok
Carib
Suriname
Sirito Kypoton Ra’a
Carrier,Central
Canada
Soocho Nohdzi Doghel
Catalan
Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia
Feliç Any Nou!
Cebuano
Philippines
Mabungahong Bag-Ong Tuig
Chaha,Iza,Geto
Ethiopia
Boxem As Nana-H M
Cherokee
USA
Aliheli’sdi Itse(I) Udetiyvsadisv(I)
Cheyenne
USA
Aa’e Emona’e
Chinese
China
Gung-Hay-Fat-Choy
Corsican
Corsica & Sardinia
Bon Dì, Bon’ Annu
Creek
USA
Afvcke Orolope Mucvse
Creole
Seychelles
Bonn E Erez Ane.
Croatian
Croatia
sretna nova godina
Czech
Czech Republic
Stastny Novy Rok
Dagbani
Ghana
Ni Ti Yuun
Damara/Nama
Namibia
!Gâi!Gâxal ¦Asa Kurib
Danish
Denmark
Godt Nytår!
Dari
Afghanistan
sale naw tabrik
Dhivehi
Maldives
Ufaaveri Aa Ahareh
Dschang/M’wock
Cameroon
Nguo Suieh
Duala
Cameroon
Mbu mwa bwam
Dutch
Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
English
USA, Canada
Happy New Year!
Esperanto
Eastern & Northern Europe, Eastern Asia, Brazil, Iran
Bonan Novjaron
Estonian
Estonia
Hääd Uut Aastat
Ewe
Togo,Ghana
Fè Yéyè Fé Dzogbenyui Nami
Ewé
Togo,Ghana
eƒé bé dzogbenyui nami
Ewondo
Cameroon
Mbembe Mbu!
Faroese
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
Gott Nyggjár
Finnish
Finland
Onnellista Uutta Vuotta!
Flemish
Belgium
Gelukkig nieuwjaar
Flemish
Belgium
Beste wensen
French
France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario), Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg
Bonne Année
Frisian
Denmark, Netherlands & Germany 
Lokkich Nijjier
Friulan
Friuli (northeastern Italy)
Bon An Gnôf!
Gaddang
Philippines
Mangamgam Bawa A Dawun Sikua Diaw Amin
Gaelic
Ireland
Blian Nua Faoi Mhaise Duit
Galician
Spain
Feliz Aninovo!
Gallo
Upper Brittany & Normandy
feliz aninovo
Gciriku
Namibia
Marago Qhamwaka Waupe
Georgian
Georgia(Sakartvelo)
Gilosavt Akhal Ts’els
German
Germany, Austria. Switzerland
Ein Glückliches Neues Jahr!
Greek
Greece
kali chronia / kali xronia
Greek
Greece
eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos (we wish you a happy new year)
Greenlandic
Greenland
Ukiortaami Pilluaritsi
Guambiano
Colombia
Sru Pilawan Kasrag Utunrrigay
Guaraní
Paraguay and Western Brazil
rogüerohory año nuévo-re
Guarayu
Bolivia
¡Ivve Ava Tupa Rembiaisu Toyuvirecoi Tupri Oyeaisusa Pipe!
Gujarathi
India
sal mubarak / nootan varshabhinandan
Gujarati
India
Saal Mubarak
Gwere
Uganda
Masuke Omwaka
Gwich’in
W Canada
Drin Choo Zhit Zhoh Ohlii
Haitian
Haitia
bònn ané
Hän
W Canada
Drin Cho Zhìt Shò Ahlay
Hawaiian
USA (Hawai)
hauoli makahiki hou
Hebrew
Jewish People
Shana Tova
Herero
Namibia
Ombura Ombe Ombwa
Hiligaynon
Philippines
Malipayon Nga Bag-Ong Tuig
Hindi
India
Nava Varsh Ki Haardik Shubh Kaamnaayen
Hindustani
Suriname
Nawa Saal Mobaarak
Hmong
Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, northern Vietnam, Thailand & Laos
Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab
Hungarian
Hungary
Boldog Új Évet
Icelandic
Iceland
Farsælt Komandi Ár
Indonesian
Indonesia
Selamat Tahun Baru
Inupiaq
USA (Alaska)
Paglaun Ukiutchiaq
Irish gaelic
Ireland
ath bhliain faoi mhaise
Iroquois
USA
Ojenyunyat Osrasay
Italian
Italy
Felice Anno Nuovo
Japanese
Japan
Shinnen Omedeto
Javanese
Java
sugeng warsa enggal
Jawa
Suriname
Slamet Taun Baru
Kabylia
Algeria
Assegwas Ameggaz
Kannada
India
Hosa Varushada Subhasayagalu
Karelian
Russia
Hyveä Osoa Uuveksi Vuuveksi!
Kazakh
Kazakhstan
zhana zhiliniz kutti bolsin
Kembata
Ethiopia
Eman Haro Wegga Illisholce
Khasy
India
Snem Thymmai Basuk
Khmer
Cambodia
sur sdei chhnam thmei
Kihaya
TANZANIA
Waihhuka n’Omwaka
Kikamba
KENYA
Na Mwaka Mweu Museo
Kinyarwanda
Rwanda
Umunsi Mwiza
Kirundi
Burundi, Tanzania, Congo-Kinshasa & Uganda
Umwaka Mwiza
Kisongye
ZAIRE
Kipua Kipia Kibuwa!
Kom
Cameroon
Isangli Beng I Fue
Korean
Korea
seh heh bok mani bat uh seyo
Kurdish
Turkey, Iraq, Iran & Syria
sala we ya nû pîroz be
Kwangali
Namibia
Erago Momumvho Gomupe
Kyrghyz
Kyrgyzstan
Jangi Jilingiz Quttuu Bolsun!
Ladino
Spain
Año Bueno
Lakota
N. Central Us
Omaka Teca Oiyokipi
Lamnso
Cameroon
Vijung Ve Kiya Kefiyki
Lango
Uganda
Apoyo Mwaka Manyeni
Lao
Laos
sabai di pi mai
Latin
Latium & Ancient Rome
felix sit annus novus
Latvian
Latvia
Laimigu Jauno Gadu!
Ligurian
Liguria (northern Italy)
feliçe annu nœvu / feliçe anno nêuvo
Lingala
Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola & Central African Republic
bonana / mbula ya sika elamu na tonbeli yo
Lithuanian
Lithuania
Linksmu Nauju Metu
Low saxon
Germany & Netherlands
gelükkig nyjaar
Lozi
Namibia
Silimo Se Sinca Sa Tabo
Luganda
Uganda
N’omwaka Omujaa Ogwemirembe
Luhya
Kenya
Nu Muhiga Musha
Luo
Kenya
Mar Higa Manyien
Luxembourgeois
Luxembourg
e gudd neit Joër
Macedonian
FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
Srekna Nova Godina
Makassar
Indonesia
Salama’ Taun Baru
Malagasy
Madagascar
Arahaba Tratry My Taona
Malayalam
India
Nava Varsha Aasamsakal
Malayan
India
Selamat Tahun Baru
Maldives (Republic of)
Maldivian
Aa aharuge thahuniyaa ariskuran
Maltese
Malta
Is-Sena T-Tajba
Mandarin
China, Hong Kong
Kong He Xin Xi
Mangarevan
Gambier & Mangareva
kia porotu te ano ou
Maori
New Zealand
kia hari te tau hou
Marathi
India (Maharashtra)
Nootan Varashnimit Hardik Shubhechha
Maya, Yucatec
Mexico
Utzul Mank’inal [Happy Holidays]
Meithei
Ne India
Kumthar Lawmum
Mingrelian
Georgia
Axal Ts’anas Mugoxuamant
Mohawk
Canada & United States (Mohawk)
ose:rase
Mongolian
Mongolia
Shine Zhiliin Mend Khurg’e
Moré
Burkina Faso
wênd na kô-d yuum-songo
Naskapi
Canada
Kiyaa Maamiyupiyaakw Minuwaach Pipuun
Navajo
Southeast Us
Hozhi Naghai
Ndebele
Zimbabwe & South Africa
umyaka omucha omuhle
Ndjem
Cameroon
Mbeya Mbeya Mbu
Ndonga
Namibia
Nombili Kombanda Yevi Maantu E Ya Hokwa!
Nepali
Nepal
Naya Barsa Ko Hardik Shuvakamana
Newari
Nepal
Nhu Da Ya Vintuna
Norwegian
Norway
Godt Nytt År
Nuer
Sudan
Teth Loac Tee Kon Rey Ru-N A Neme
Nynorsk
Norway
Godt Nytt År
Occitan
Occitani (Southern France, Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco, and in Val d’Aran in Catalonia, Spain)
bon annada
Ojibwe (Chippewa)
N Usa/S Canada
Aabita Biboon
Oneida
USA
Hoyan
Oriya
India (Orissa)
subha nababarsa / naba barsara hardika abhinandan
Oromo
Ethiopia
Baga Wagaa Hara Isinin Gaye
Pangalatok
Philippines
Malikot Ya Balon Taon Or Maligaya Balon Taon
Papiamento
Aruba & Curacao
Bon Aña Nobo
Parsi
India
Saal Mubarak
Pashto
Afghanistan & Pakistan
Naway Kaal De Umbarak Shaa
Pennsylvania Dutch
USA
Hallich Nei Yaahr
Persian
Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia
sâle no mobârak
Persian/Farsi
Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia
Sal-E No Mubarak
Pidgin
Cameroon
Habin Newyaa!
Polish
Poland
Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese
Portugal
Feliz Ano Novo!
Punjabi
Pakistan and India
Namae Saaldiyan Mubarakan
Q’anjob’al
Mexico
Chi Woche Swatx’ilal Yet Jun Sk’exb’i Ab’ilti’
Quechua
Peru
Mosoi Watapi Sumaj Kausay Kachun
Romanche
Switzerland
bun di bun onn
Romani (Gypsy)
Europe
baxtalo nevo bersh
Romanian
Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece)
La Multi Ani
Romansch
Switzerland
Vantirevel Bumang
Russian
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia
S Novym Godom
Salar
Nw China
Yangi Yilingiz Qotli Bulsin!
Salig Uyghur
Nw China
Yangi Yiling Ahlqis Bolgey!
Sami
N. Europe
Buorre Oðða Jáhki
Samia
Kenya
Muwule Omwaka Enjaya
Samoan
Samoa
ia manuia le tausaga fou
Sango
Central African Republic
nzoni fini ngou
Saramaccan
Suriname
Njan Wan Suti Jai O!
Sardinian
Sardinia (Italy)
Bonus Prinzipius E Mellus Finis
Scottish Gaelic
Scotland
Bliadhna Mhath Ur
Secoya
Ecuador
Sihuañu’u Huajë Ometëcahuë
Seneca
Ne Usa
A:Õ’-E:Sad Yos-Hä:-Se:’
Serbo-Croatian
Serbia, Croatia
Srechna Nova Godina
Seselwa
Seychelles
Bonn E Erez Ane.
Shimaore
Comorian islands of Mayotte
mwaha mwema
Shona
Zimbabwe & Mozambique
goredzva rakanaka
Sindhi
Pakistan
nain saal joon wadhayoon
Singhalese
Sri Lanka
Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Sinhala
Sri Lanka
suba aluth avuruddak vewa
Slovakian
Slovakia
šťastný nový rok
Slovenian
Slovenia
Srechno Novo Leto
Sobota
Slovenia
dobir leto
Somali
Somalia
sanad wanagsan
Sorani
Kurdistan
Newroz Le To Piroz Be
Sorbian, High
Germany
Zbozhowne Nowe Leto
Sorbian, Low
Germany
Glucne Nowe Leto
Spanish
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America
Feliz Año Nuevo
Sranan
Suriname
wan bun nyun yari
Sranen
Suriname
Bun Nyn Yari
Svan, Lower Lashkh
Georgia
Xway Zomxau Adzhye:Nax
Svan, Upper
Georgia
Xocha:W Zay Edzhtsa:Dax
Swahili
Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Na Mwaka Mpya Wenye Mafanikio
Swahili
E Africa
Karibu Mwaka Mupia
Swedish
Sweden
Gott Nytt År
Swiss German
Switzerland
Es Guets Neus Johr
Swiss-german
Switzerland
es guets Nöis
Tagakaulo
Philippines
Aw Mauntong Na Bago Umay!
Tagalog
Philippines
Manigong Bagong Taon
Tahitian
Tahiti
ia orana i te matahiti api
Tamashek
Mali
Alafou N’awataï
Tamazight
Morocco
Asseggwas Ameggaz
Tamil
India,Sri Lanka
Pudhu Varusha Vaazhthukkal
Tanaina
USA (Alaska)
Hel Qinaghelnigi Heyi Qetulah
Tarifit
Morocco
Asuggas Asa’di
Tashalhit
Morocco
Asuggas Ambarki
Tatar
Russia, Central Asia, Ukraine, Poland, China, Finland & Turkey
yaña yıl belän
Telugu
India
nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu
Thai
Thailand
Sawadee Pii Mai
Tibetan
Tibet
tashi delek / losar tashi delek
Toraja
Indonesia
Salama’ Taun Baru
Tshiluba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
tshidimu tshilenga
Tswana
Botswana & South Africa
itumelele ngwaga o mosha
Tulu
India (Tulu Nadu)
posa varshada shubashaya
Turkey
Turkish
Iyi Senele
Turkish
Turkey
yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
Tutchone, Northern
W Canada
Èyum Nän Ek’an Nénatth’ät Dànjí Te Yésóhùthín Ch’é Hadáàtlé Ch’o
Tutchone, Southern
W Canada
Nän Ayu Nàkwìtth’ät Dáyè Sha Kùulè Jè
Twents
Netherlands
gluk in’n tuk
Udmurt
Udmurtia (Russia)
Vyľ Aren
Ukrainian
Ukraine
Z Novim Rokom
Umbundu
Angola
Eteke Lio Bowano, Iñilimo Ciwa
Urdu
Pakistan & India
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Uzbek
India
yangi yilingiz qutlug’ bo’lsin
Vietnamese
Vietnam
Chúc Mùng Nam Mói!
Votian
Russia
Yvää Uutta Vootta!
Waloon
Belgium
ene boune anéye, ene boune sintéye
Wambo
Namibia
Omude Mupe Wa Punikwa
Welsh
Wales
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
West indian creole
Carribean
bon lanné
Wolof
Senegal, Gambia & Mauritania
dewenati
Xhosa
South Africa
nyak’omtsha
Yiddish
Israel, Germany, Eastern Europe
a gut yohr
Yupik, Siberian
Siberia,Alaska
Quyangalleq Nutaghamun Ayumiqulleq
Zarma or Dzerma
Niger
Barka Da Djiri Barey-Yan
Zaza
Kurdistan
Newroz’a Tu Piroz Be
Zimé or Kelo
Chad
El Ma Ka Kim Na Mireu
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Thank You in 250+ languages

Every wonder how to say “Thank You” in other languages?  Now, you can print print this list, tape it to the door of your store as customers leave, and on the back side, tape the “Welcome” list as they enter.  Or, you could simply help us roll out the welcome mat worldwide.
LANGUAGE COUNTRY THANK YOU
Afrikaans South Africa Baie Dankie (thanks very much – “Buyer Dung-Key”)
Afrikaans South Africa Dankie  (“Dung-Key”)
Albanian Albania Faleminderit
Alsatian Alsace  merci
Arabic Algeria saha
Arabic Middle East, North Africa Shukran
Arabic Middle East, North Africa Shukran Gazillan (Thank you very much)
Arabic Middle East, North Africa chokrane
Arabic Oman Shakkran
Arabic Qatar Shakkran
Arabic Tunisia Barak Allahu fiik
Arabic Yemen Shakkran
Armenian Armenia shur-nur-ah-gah-lem
Australian Australia Thoinks Moite!
Azeri Azerbaijan & Iran çox sag olun / tesekkur edirem
Bamanankan Mali a ni kié
Basque Basque (Between Spain & France) Eskerrik asko (Thank you very much)
Belarusian Belarus dziakuju
Bengali India,Bangledesh Dhannyabad
Bishlama Vanuatu tangio tumas
Bobo Burkina Faso a ni kié
Bosnian Bosnia, Herzegovina Hvala
Breton Brittany (France) trugéré / trugaré / trugarez
Bulgarian Bulgaria Blagodaria
Bulgarian Bulgaria merci / blagodaria
Burmese Burma (thint ko) kyay tzu tin pa te
Cantonese China Do jeh (tou yeh) (formal: thanks)
Cantonese China Do jey (sp? — thank you for the gift)
Cantonese China M’goy (sp? — thank you for the service)
Cantonese China Mh goi (m-ghoh-ee) (informal: thanks)
Catalan Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia gràcies [grah’-si-es] estandard
Catalan Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia merci [mer’-si] very colloquial
Catalan Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia moltes gràcies [many thanks]
Cebuano Philippines salamat
Chechen Chechnya barkal
Cherokee USA Wado
Cherokee (Eastern) USA Skee
Chichewa Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique & Zimbabwe zikomo
Cook Islander Cook Islands Kia Manuia
Corsican Corsica & Sardinia grazie
Croatian Croatia Hvala
Czech Czech Republic Dekuji (deh’-ku-yih)
Danish Denmark tak (tahg)
Dari Afghanistan tashakor
Dogon Mali gha-ana / birepo
Duala Cameroon Na som (thanks)
Duala Cameroon Na som djita (Thank you very much)
Dutch Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname bedankt / dank je wel (dahnk ye well) (informal: thanks) – WEL is ‘good’, like “I wish you well”
Dutch Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname dank U wel (dahnk you well) (formal: thank you very much)
Dutch Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname Dank U zeer / duizend maal dank (thank you VERY much) – a superlative and used when you get stuck in a thunderstorm, then lost, mugged, robbed, etc. And someone helps you. Only then. ZEER is ‘very’. JE and U are ‘you’, but informal and formal. (still alive in old english like in ‘ye olde’). “Duizend maal” means a ‘thousand times’.
Dutch Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname hartelijk dank (thanks from the heart) Another formal form used in contexts like: “thanks for coming/inviting” (to a wedding, birthday party) or when receiving a formal present.
English Canada Thank you
English England Thanks awfully, old boy 
English New Zealand Cheers – LOL
English U.S. Thank you
English U.S. (Southern) Thanks y’all
Esperanto Eastern & Northern Europe, Eastern Asia, Brazil, Iran Dankegon (thank you very much)
Esperanto Eastern & Northern Europe, Eastern Asia, Brazil, Iran Dankon (thank you)
Estonian Estonia tänan / tänan väga (thank you very much)
Estonian Estonia Aitäh
Ewé Togo,Ghana Akpé (Appé)
Ewé Togo,Ghana Apké na wo (Thanks to you)
Fang Gabon, Cameroon & Equatorial Guinea akiba
Faroese Faroe Islands (Denmark) takk fyri
Fijian Fiji Vinaka
Fijian Fiji Vinaka vaka levu (Thank you very much)
Finnish Finland kiitos (kee’-toas)
Fon Benin Benin (Africa) Kpè nu wé
French France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario), Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg merci (mehr-see’)
French France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario), Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg Merci Madame – Thanks (to a woman)
French France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario), Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg Merci Mademoiselle – Thanks (to a young girl)
French France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario), Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg Merci Monsieur – Thanks (to a man)
Frisian Denmark, Netherlands & Germany  dankewol
Friulan Friuli (northeastern Italy) gracie
Gallo Upper Brittany & Normandy merkzi
Georgian Georgia(Sakartvelo) didi madloba (thank you very much)
Georgian Georgia(Sakartvelo) madlobt (thank you)
German Germany, Austria. Switzerland Danke (dahn’-kuh)
German Germany, Austria. Switzerland Danke schoen (literally: nicely thank you, outdated)
German Germany, Austria. Switzerland Danke sehr (Thank you very much)
German Germany, Austria. Switzerland Vielen Dank (Many Thanks)
Greek Greece Efharisto (ef-har-ris-tou’)
Greek Greece Efkaristo poly
Guarani Paraguay and Western Brazil Aguije (ah-we-JAY)
Guaraní Ñandeva Paraguay  Aguije (ah-we-JAY)
Gujarathi India Aabar
Haitian Haitia mèsi
Hawaiian USA Mahalo
Hebrew Jewish People Toda (toh-dah’)
Hebrew Jewish People Toda raba (thank you very much)
Hindi India Dhanyavaad
Hindi India Shukriyaa
Hunguan Philippines Köszönöm (kuh’-suh-nuhm)
Iban Malaysia Terima Kasih (“Tay ree ma Kaa seh”)
Icelandic Iceland Takk (informal)
Icelandic Iceland Þakka þér fyrir
Indonesian Indonesia Terima kasih (teh-ri-mah kah-sih)
Indonesian Indonesia Terima Kasih Banjak/Banyak (Both pronounced bunyuk – Thank you very much)
Inupiat USA (Alaska) taiku
Irish Ireland Go raibh mile maith agat ( Thank you very much “Go – Rev – Meela – Mah – Agut”) (literally, may you have a thousand good things)
Irish (Northern) Ireland (Northern) Nice one bro’r, or Cheers mucker!
Irish gaelic Ireland Go raibh maith agat ( Thank you  “Go – Rev – Mah – Agut”) (literally, may you have good things)
Italian Italy grazie
Japanese Japan Arigato (ah-ree-gah’-toh) or A_Ree_Ga_Tou_Go_Zai_Ma_Su 
Japanese Japan Domo arrigato
Japanese Japan Matur nuwun
Jive African American Vernacular English (AAVE) Thanks mon – Appropriate only if directed to a male
Kabylian Algeria tanemirt
Kannada India Dhan-ya-vaadaa (spoken in S India, in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India.)
Khmer Cambodia akun
Kikongo Congo & Angola matondo
Kinyarwanda Rwanda murakoze
Kirundi Burundi, Tanzania, Congo-Kinshasa & Uganda murakoze
Konkani  India:(West coast – Konkan coast of India – It also is the state official language of Goa) Dev boren koru (thank you – literally means ” May God do good to you” as that is the way we thank people. )
Korean Korea Kamsa hamaida (kam’-sah hum-nee-dah’ )
Kotokoli Togo sobodi
Krio Sierra Leone tenki
Kurdish Turkey, Iraq, Iran & Syria spas
Lao Laos khob chai (deu)
Latin Latium & Ancient Rome gratias agimus (from X pers.)
Latin Latium & Ancient Rome gratias ago (from 1 pers.)
Latvian Latvia Paldies
Ligurian Liguria (northern Italy) grassie
Lingala Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola & Central African Republic matondi
Lithuanian Lithuania Ačiū
Low saxon Germany & Netherlands bedankt / dank ju wel
Luganda Uganda Waybale (Thank you)
Luganda Uganda Waybale Nyo (Thank you very much)
Luxembourgeois Luxembourg merci
Macedonian FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) Hvala
Malagasy Madagascar misaotra
Malayalam India Nandri (“Nun-dry”
Malayalam India terima kasih
Maltese Malta niżżik ħajr / grazzi / nirringrazzjak
Mandarin China Xie_Xie (shieh shieh)
Mandinka Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau and Chad,  Abarka
Maori New Zealand Kiaora Koe
Maori New Zealand Kiaora Korua
Maori New Zealand Kiaora Koto
Maori New Zealand Kiaora Tatou
Maori New Zealand (Maori) Kia Manuia
Marathi India (Maharashtra) aabhari aahe / aabhar / dhanyavaad
Micmac Canada & United States (Algonquian) welalin
Mongolian Mongolia bayarlalaa (Баярлалаа)
Myanmar Burma Jae Zu Din Pa De (Thank you)
Nepali Nepal (National Language) Dhan-ya-vaad
Nigeria Hausa Na gode
Norwegian Norway Takk (tahkk)
Occitan Occitani (Southern France, Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco, and in Val d’Aran in Catalonia, Spain) mercé / grandmercé
Ojibwe Canada & United States (Chippewa) miigwetch
Ossetian Ossetia (Caucasus Mountains) buznyg
Palauan Palau soolong
Papiamento Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao  danki
Pascuan Rapa Nui (a/k/a Easter Island) mauruuru
Pashto Afghanistan & Pakistan Manana
Persian/Farsi Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia Mam’noon or Mo’teshake’ram
Persian/Farsi Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Merci (informal – just like french but r in this word is pronounced as /r/ )
Persian/Farsi Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Moteshakeram (formal)
Polish Poland Dziekuje (dsyehn-koo-yeh)
Portuguese Portugal Muito Obrigado (Thank you very much)
Portuguese Portugal Muito Obrigado com Voce (have my personal thanks)
Portuguese Portugal Obrigada (Female)
Portuguese Portugal Obrigado (Male) (oh-bree-gah’-doh)
Punjabi Pakistan and India Bhala Hove
Quechua South America sulpáy
Romani (Gypsy) Europe najis tuke
Romanian Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) Multumesc (phonetic: mooltzoomeask)
Romanian Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) Va multumim frumos (great thanks)
Russian Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia Blagodaryu (a little official)
Russian Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia Premnogo blagodaren (my greater thanks – words said to bosses by workers)
Russian Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia Spasiba (spah-see’-boh)
Russian Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia Spasibo balshoye (big thanks)
Samoan Samoa Fa’afetai (fah-ah-feh-ta-e – thank you)
Samoan Samoa Fa’afetai tele lava (Thank you very much)
Samoan Samoa Talofa
Sardinian Sardinia (Italy) gratzias
Saulteaux Indians Canada (Manitoba) Miigwech (meegweech) — there are similar spellings in other native languages such as Cree, etc.
Scottish Scotland Cheers
Scottish Gaelic Scotland Moran Taing (Many Thanks)
Scottish Gaelic Scotland Tapadh Leat (tah-puh let) (Informal
Scottish Gaelic Scotland Tapadh Leibh  (tah-puh lave) (Formal_
Scottish gaelic Scotland tapadh leibh (plural, respectful)
Serbo-Croatian Serbia, Croatia Hvala
Sesotho South Africa ke ya leboha
Shimaore Comorian islands of Mayotte Marahaba
Shona Zimbabwe & Mozambique waita (plural: maita)
Sindhi Pakistan meharbani
Sinhala Sri Lanka stuutiyi
Slovakian Slovakia Dakujem (deh’-ku-yem)
Sobota Slovenia Hvala
Somali Somalia waad mahadsantahay
Spanish Lating America, informal Se pasó. (formal) Which means “You went over the line”, or “thanks for going out of your way to help me”. When used, it will get you a smile, guaranteed.
Spanish Lating America, informal Te pasastes. (informal)
Spanish Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America Gracias (grah’-syas)
Spanish Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America Gracias a todos (Thank you all)
Spanish Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America Muchas gracias (thank you very much, literally: many thanks) While Dutch people scarcely use the superlative forms, the Spanish don’t use the minimalistic forms much (mostly in informal context). In Spanish, when a flyer is shoved into your hands, its worth a ‘gracias’, you normally use ‘muchas gracias’.
Spanish Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America Muchisimas gracias (thank you VERY much) – to someone who was useful to you.
Spanish Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America un millón de gracias (a million thanks) – for when someone saves your life.
Sundanese Indonesia (Sunda) Hatur Nuhun
Sundanese Indonesia (Sunda) Nuhun
Swahili Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Ahsante (ah-sahn’-teh)
Swahili Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Ahsante Sana (Thank you very much)
Swedish Sweden Tack (tahkk)
Swedish Sweden Tack så mycket
Tagalog Philippines Maraming Salamat (thank you very much)
Tagalog Philippines Salamat
Tahitian Tahiti Maururu
Tajik Tajikistan & Uzbekistan rahmat
Tamazight North Africa tanmirt
Tamil India (South), Singapore, Malaysia Nandri (“Nun-dry”
Tatar Russia, Central Asia, Ukraine, Poland, China, Finland & Turkey rahmat
Telugu India dhanyavadalu
Telungu India (South) Manjuthe
Thai Thailand Khob Khun Kha (Feminine)
Thai Thailand Khob Khun Krab (Masculine)
Thai Thailand Khob Khun Mak Krab (Masculine)
Thai Thailand Khob Pra Khun Kha (Formal feminine) 
Thai Thailand Khob Pra Khun Krab (Formal masculine) 
Thai Thailand Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much)
Thai Thailand Khop Khun Mak Kha (Feminine)
Tibetan Tibet Thuk Ji Chhe
Tigrinya Eritrea yekeniele
Tohono o’odham USA (Arizona) & Mexico (Sonora) m-sapo
Toraja Indonesia kurre sumanga
Turkish Turkey Çok tesekkur ederim (big thanks)
Turkish Turkey Saðol (thank you)
Turkish Turkey Saðolun (thank you – “saol”)
Turkish Turkey Tesekkurler ( teh-sheh-keur eh-deh-rim)
Udmurt Udmurtia (Russia) tau
Ukrainian Ukraine Dyakuyu
Urdu India Bahut Bahut Shukriyaa
Urdu India Shukria
Urdu Pakistan Bahut Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very very much)
Urdu Pakistan Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very much)
Urdu Pakistan Shukria
Urdu Pakistan, India & Bangla Desh Maherbani
Uyghur Xinjiang Uyghur, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan rahmat
Uzbek Uzbekistan Katta Rahmat (Thanks a lot)
Uzbek Uzbekistan Rahmat (Thanks)
Vietnamese Vietnam Kam ouen
Welsh Wales/Cymru Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much)
Welsh Wales/Cymru Diolch (thanks)
West indian creole Carribean mèsi
Wolof Senegal, Gambia & Mauritania djiere dieuf
Xhosa South Africa Nkosi
Yaqui USA (Arizona) & Mexico (Sonora) kettu’i
Yiddish Israel, Germany, Eastern Europe A dank
Yiddish Israel, Germany, Eastern Europe Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH)
Yoruba Nigeria, Benin, Togo Modupe
Yugoslavian Yugoslavia Hvala
Zulu South Africa Ngiyabonga
Zulu South Africa ngiyabonga kakhulu (thanks very much)
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Welcome in 150 Languages

Every wonder how to say “Welcome” in other languages?  Now, you can print print this list, tape it to the door of your store as customers enter, and on the back side, tape the Thank You list as they leave.  Or, you could simply help us roll out the welcome mat worldwide.

LANGUAGE COUNTRY Welcome
Afrikaans South Africa welkom
Albanian Albania Mire se vini
Alsatian Alsace  welkomma
Arabic Middle East, North Africa Ahlan Wa Sahlan
Armenian Armenia bari galoust
Australian Australia Cooee Cobber
Australian Australia G’day Mate
Azeri Azerbaijan & Iran xos gelmissiniz
Bamanankan Mali i bisimila
Baoulé Côte d’Ivoire. akwaba
Basque Basque (Between Spain & France) ongi etorri
Belarusian Belarus ščyra zaprašajem
Bengali India,Bangledesh swagata
Berber (native name: Tamazight) Indigenous languages of North Africa west of the Nile amrehba sisswène
Bobo Burkina Faso ani kié
Bosnian Bosnia, Herzegovina dobro došli
Breton Brittany (France) degemer mad
Burmese Myanamar kyo tzo pa eit
Cantonese China Huan ying
Catalan Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia Benvinguts
Chechen Chechnya marsha vog’iyla
Cherokee USA ulihelisdi
Corsican Corsica & Sardinia bonavinuta
Croatian Croatia dobrodošli
Czech Czech Republic Vitame Vas
Czech Czech Republic Vitejte
Danish Denmark Velkommen
Duala Cameroon pô la bwam / bepôyédi ba bwam
Dutch Aruba Bon Bini (Bong Be-knee)
Dutch Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname Welkom
English Canada Welcome
English USA Welcome
English USA (Southern) How Y’all Doin’?
Esperanto Eastern & Northern Europe, Eastern Asia, Brazil, Iran Bonvenon
Estonian Estonia tere tulemast
Ewe Togo,Ghana Woezor (pronounced WOÉZON)
Faroese Faroe Islands (Denmark) vælkomin
Finnish Finland tervetuloa
Flemish Belgium Welcom
French France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario), Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg Bienvenue (the first ‘n’ is nasal)
Frisian Denmark, Netherlands & Germany  wolkom
Friulan Friuli (northeastern Italy) binvignut
Galician Galicia (an autonomous community in northwestern Spain) benvido
Gallo Upper Brittany & Normandy bin la v’nu
Georgian Georgia(Sakartvelo) mobrdzandit / ketili ikhos tkveni mobrdzaneba
German Germany, Austria. Switzerland Willkommen
Greek Greece Kalos ilthate(plural)
Greek Greece Kalos ilthes (singular)
Guarani Paraguay and Western Brazil eguahé porá
Gunai Gippsland (Indigenous Australian) mikouabô
Haitian Haitia bienvéni
Hawaiian Hawai e komo mai
Hawaiian USA E komo mai (pronounced “eh como my” – literally, “come in”)
Hindi India Swaa-gat hai
Hmong Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, northern Vietnam, Thailand & Laos tos txais / nyob zou tos txais
Hungarian Hungary üdvözlet
Iban Malaysia Selamat Datang
Icelandic Iceland velkomin
Igbo Nigeria & Cameroon nnoo / i biala
Indonesian Indonesia Selamat Datang
Irish Ireland Cead Mile Failte (“One Hundred Thousand Welcomes”)
Irish Ireland Failte romhat
Italian Italy, Malta, San Marino, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia benvenuto (m) / benvenuta (f) / benvenuti (m pl) / benvenute (f pl)
Japanese Japan Irasshaimase (weclome to our store, often shortened to Irasshai)
Japanese Japan Yookoso (welcome to our city)
Kabylian Algeria amrehva ysswène / l’aaslama
Khmer Cambodia chum reap suor (formal) / suor sdei (casual)
Kinyarwanda Rwanda murakaza neza
Korean Korea Chun-manay-oh (your welcome)
Korean Korea Oh so, Osay-o (welcome to our store)
Kotokolia Togo nodé
Kurdish Turkey, Iraq, Iran & Syria bi xer hati
Lao Laos gnindi ton hap
Latin Latium & Ancient Rome (per) gratus mihi venis
Latvian Latvia laipni lūdzam
Ligurian Liguria (northern Italy) benvegnûi
Lingala Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola & Central African Republic boyeyi bolamu
Lithuanian Lithuania sveiki atvykę
Low saxon Germany & Netherlands welkum
Luxembourgeois Luxembourg wëllkom
Macedonian FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) dobredojde
Malagasy Madagascar tonga soa
Malayalam India selamat datang
Malayalam India swagatham
Maltese Malta merħba
Maori New Zealand Kia Ora – Hello (“Key or ra”)
Mina Cameroon, India miawezon
Mongolian Mongolia tavtai morilogtun
Moré Burkina Faso ne y waoongo
Nepali Nepal (National Language) namaste
Norwegian Norway Velkommen (“Welkommen”)
Occitan Occitani (Southern France, Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco, and in Val d’Aran in Catalonia, Spain) benvenguts
Ossetian Ossetia (Caucasus Mountains) Табуафси (tabuafši)
Persian/Farsi Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia khosh âmadid (formal) 
Persian/Farsi Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan khoshumadi (informal)
Polish Poland Dobry wieczór (evening time)
Polish Poland Dzieñ dobry (daytime)
Portuguese Portugal Bem Vinda- Female 
Portuguese Portugal Bem Vindo- Male (Bem vindos, plural “bain – same as in pain “VEEN-doe” Plural: “bain VEENdoes”)
Portuguese Portugal Muito Bem Vindo (“MOO EEN toe bain VEENdoe”) (Be Very Welcome) 
Romani (Gypsy) Europe mishto-avilian tú
Romanian Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) bine ai venit (sing.) / bine aţi venit (pl.)
Romanian Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) Multumesc
Russian Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia dobro pojalovat
Samoan Samoa afio mai, susu mai ma maliu mai
Sardinian Sardinia (Italy) benènnidu (logudorese) / beni benìu (campidanese)
Schwiizer Duetsch Switzerland Greuzi (“GREW-tzih”)
Scottish Gaelic Scotland fàilte
Serbo-Croatian Serbia, Croatia Dobrodosli
Shimaore Comorian islands of Mayotte karibu
Shona Zimbabwe & Mozambique wauya (plural: mauya)
Sindhi Pakistan bhali karay aaya
Sinhala Sri Lanka aayuboovan
Slovak Slovak Republic vitame vás / vitajte
Slovenian Slovenia dobrodošel (to a man) / dobrodošla (2 men) / dobrodošli (3 men or more)
Slovenian Slovenia dobrodošla (to a woman) / dobrodošli (2 women) / dobrodošle (3 women or more)
Slovenian Slovenia dobrodošli (mixed group)
Sobota Slovenia zupinje z te videtite
Somali Somalia soo dhawaw
Spanish Lating America, informal Bienvenido
Spanish Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America Bienvenida (feminine)
Spanish Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America Bienvenidas (group of women)
Spanish Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America Bienvenido (masculine)
Spanish Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America Bienvenidos (group of men, or mixed group)
Sundanese Indonesia (Sunda) wilujeng sumping
Swahili Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda karibu (singular) / karibuni
Swedish Sweden välkommen
Swiss-german Switzerland härzliche wöikomme
Tagalog Philippines Mabuhay
Tagalog Philippines maligayang pagdating
Tahitian Tahiti maeva / manava
Tamil India (South), Singapore, Malaysia nal-varravu
Tatar Russia, Central Asia, Ukraine, Poland, China, Finland & Turkey rahim itegez
Telugu India swagatham
Thai Thailand yindii ton rap
Tongan Tonga malo e lelei
Turkish Cyprus Kalosorisate
Turkish Turkey hosgeldiniz
Twi Ghana Akwaaba
Udmurt Udmurtia (Russia) gazhasa oetiśkom
Ukrainian Ukraine Laskavo prosymo
Urdu India Tash-reef Laa-i-ye
Urdu Pakistan & India khush amdeed
Uzbek Uzbekistan Hush kelibsiz (Welcome)
Vietnamese Vietnam Hoan Nghinh (in public, on banner)
Waloon  Belgium bénvnou (bénvnowe) / wilicome
Welsh Wales/Cymru Croeso (“Croysso”)
West indian creole Caribbean bel bonjou
Wolof Senegal, Gambia & Mauritania dalal ak diam
Yoruba Nigeria, Benin, Togo ékouabô / ékabô
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Selling and Poker

In the movie Forest Gump, his mother, played by Sally Field always said, “life is like a box of chocolates.”  Well, in business, selling is like playing poker. 

Consider this: There are 52 cards in a deck, the same as number of weeks in a year. There are four suits in a deck, the same as seasons in a year. There are 13 cards in a suit, the same as number of weeks in a quarter. There are 12 picture cards, the same as months in a year. And there are 365 spots on the cards in the deck, the same as days in a year.

 Selling is like poker.

  1. When you play poker the money on the table is not yours. Suckers throw good money after bad by betting more because they have $x on the table. Same with selling. Talking to users is throwing money on the table with no assurance of a win. Talking to decision makers will improve your chances of winning.
  2. In poker you should drop out six out of seven hands (in stud, after the first cards are dealt; in draw, after looking at your initial hand). However, you should also win six out of seven hands in which you stay. So the odds are in your favor. Same holds true in selling. Drop out of the deal if you can’t reach the decision makers. Not all deals are for you.
  3. Poker is a game of strategy, not luck. You need to know your opponent, learn their strengths and weaknesses and capitalize on that knowledge. Same with selling. Most sales people give up after three calls, yet most prospects are not reached until the fifth or sixth call.

I strongly believe that sales should be an industry of it’s own. A good closer should be able to sell anything to anybody. There may be slight differences selling a product (tangible) vs service (intangible), but otherwise, selling is selling.

Selling Is Easy – all you need to do is qualify your prospect and go after those sales where you have the best chance of closing.  A colleague, Jacques Werth, authored “High Probability Selling”[1] which defines the sales process, and will improve your closing ratio.  What was interesting is that I never read Jacques’ book, yet we have the same ideas on selling. Better yet, we have something else in common – we were both professional or quasi-professional poker players!

 What are you selling? Comfort. The prospect needs to be comfortable that you can solve his problems, have credibility, have the strength to carry out the deal and know what you are doing.

My simple rules:  Get in front of the prospect with a blank writing pad.

  1. Listen to what they need.
  2. Identify three to six issues that need to be resolved.
  3. Go back to the office and prepare a presentation.
  4. Meet with the client and start with “I heard you say…” and identify the issues to resolve
  5. Do the presentation.
  6. Summarize and explain how the presentation satisfies those issues.
  7. Pick up the check 😉

 If the prospect identifies the issues, and you can solve the issues (and make them comfortable), how can they not go with you?

Poker anybody? 😉

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Author’s note: A special tribute to Wink Martindale and the song “Deck of Cards.” It was supposedly a true story about a man in WWII who related a deck of cards to the bible. He identifies each card in the deck and how it relates to the bible. I find it fascinating that it fits well in the business world also, especially the strategy of poker.

George Matyjewicz, PhD is Global Strategist of GAP Enterprises, LLC.  http://www.gapent.com   His dissertation “Just In Time Payments And The New Global Currency For Conducting Business In A Global Economy” was compiled from 3+ decades experience in the business world.  He was formerly President/General Manager of a global digital currency company with customers in 190 countries and Chief E-Commerce Officer for a global giftware company. He was a Principal/Partner at a top 20 U.S. CPA/Consulting firm. He is regularly published as an expert on global business, finance, technology and implementation.

[1] Jacques Werth, co-author: “HIGH PROBABILITY SELLING” Read the first 4 chapters free at: http://www.highprobsell.com

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