Share Good Wishes for Prosperity and Good Luck in 2009
At the Chinese New Year on January 26th in 2009, you can do better than just saying Happy New Year, you can share the following good wishes with your Chinese friends:
新年快乐 xīn nián kuài lè = Happy New Year
过年好 ɡuò nián hǎo = Happy New Year
恭喜发财 ɡōnɡ xǐ fā cái = I wish You Great Prosperity
牛年吉祥 niú nián jí xiáng = Good Luck in the Year of the Ox

 
Happy New Year - In Different Languages
 
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
Italia:                          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:                  С Новым Годом Z novym rokom
Urdu:                         Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho
Vietnamese:              Chuc Mung Tan Nien
Welsh:                       Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

How to say "Merry Christmas " in 75 other languages...
 
Language:                  Merry Christmas
Afrikaans:                   Gesëende Kersfees
Albanian:                    Gezur Krislinjden
ArabicIdah:                 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
Iraq:                            iIdah 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 GuineaBikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Peru:                           Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philippines:                 Maligayan Pasko!
Polish:                        Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese:                Feliz Natal
Romanian:                  Sarbatori fericite & La multi ani
Russian:                     Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is 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:                          GaelicNollaig 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:                    Srozhdestvom Kristovym
UrduNaya:                   Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese:                 Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh:                          Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian:                Cestitamo Bozic