How to Say Happy New Year Around the World

The countdown to the New Year has begun and people around the world are preparing for one of the merriest day of the year. With all the merry-making that you know is bound to happen in your country, in your neighborhood and within your circle of friends and family, why don’t we learn how to say, Happy New Year around the world, and how it translates into 52 world languages.

Greeting Happy New Year Around the World

Afrikaans (voorspoedige nuwejaar / gelukkige nuwejaar)
Arabic (aam said / sana saiida)
Basque (urte berri on)
Bulgarian (chestita nova godina)
Cantonese (sun lin fi lok / kung hé fat tsoi)
Catalan (bon any nou)
Chinese Mandarin (xin nina kuai le / xin nian hao)
Croatian (sretna nova godina)
Corsican (pace è salute)
Czech    (šťastný nový rok)
Danish (godt nytår)
Dari (sale naw tabrik)
Esperanto (feliĉan novan jaron)
Farsi (aide shoma mobarak)
Finnish (onnellista uutta vuotta)
French (bonne année)
Gaelic    (aith-bhliain fe nhaise dhuit)
Greek (kali chronia / kali xronia eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos)
Haitian Creole (bònn ané)
Hawaiian (hauoli makahiki hou)
Hebrew (shana tova)
Hindi (nav varsh ki subhkamna)
Hungarian (boldog új évet)
Indonesian (selamaat tahun baru)
Irish Gaelic (ath bhliain faoi mhaise)
Italian    (felice anno nuovo / buon anno)
Japanese (akemashite omedetô)
Korean (sae hae bok mani bat eu seyo)
Lithuanian (laimingų Naujųjų Metų)
Luxembourgish (e gudd neit Joër)
Malay (selamat tahun baru)
Maori    (kia hari te tau hou)
Mongolian (shine jiliin bayariin mend hurgeye)
Norwegian (godt nyttår)
Pashto     (nawe kaalmo mobarak sha)
Polish (szczęśliwego nowego roku)
Portuguese (feliz ano novo)
Punjabi (nave saal deeyan vadhaiyaan)
Romanian (un an nou fericit / la mulţi ani)
Russian (S novim godom)
Scottish Gaelic (bliadhna mhath ur)
Serbian (srećna nova godina)
Spanish (feliz año nuevo)
Swedish (gott nytt år)
Tagalog (manigong bagong taon)
Tahitian (ia orana i te matahiti api)
Tamil (iniya puthandu nal Vazhthukkal)
Thai (sawatdii pimaï)
Turkish (yeni yılınız kutlu olsun)
Urdu (naya sal Mubarak)
Vietnamese (Cung Chúc Tân Xuân / Cung Chúc Tân Niên /Chúc Mừng Nǎm Mới)
Welsh (blwyddyn newydd dda)

Now that you know how to say Happy New year around the world, you will be able to greet your social networking friends a Happy New Year in their own language. It gives a warm feeling when you hear someone greeting you in your own language. It makes you feel closer, appreciated and loved.

Happy New Year, Everyone!