HAPPY ‘26 WISHES IN 26 LANGUAGES from Anne-Marie For practical reasons, I chose to use the Latin alphabet. I send my warm wishes (shall I say, I hope) for everyone to enjoy a peaceful life in 2026. As we all know, cultures and calendars show differences from one another. In fact, my ‘western’ concept of wishing Happy New Year can be conveyed with different phrases around the world. I’ve tried to transcribe the greetings’ literal translations, but please let me know of any corrections or alternatives.
1 Arabic sanah jadīdah sa’ida[Happy New Year] 2 Basque Urte berri on[Happy New Year] 3 Chinese Cantonese gùng héi faat chōi[Wishing you prosperity, wealth] /Mandarin gōngxǐ fācái [Happiness and Prosperity] Chinese New Year17 Feb 4 Ci Lunda Shikenu mwani[Welcome, Are you good?] 5 Finnish Hyvää uutta vuotta[Good New Year] 6 FrenchBonne Année/Occitan: Bona annada [Good Year] 7 GermanFrohes neues Jahr [Happy New Year] 8 GreekEftychisméno to néo étos [Happy New Year] 9 Hebrew Shana Tova u-Metukah[Good Sweet Year] Jewish New Year 12 Sept 10 Hindi Nav Varsh Mangalmay Ho[May the New Year be Auspicious)] 11 Hiri MotuTenkyu long bung tumora [Thank you for Tomorrow] 12 Irish GaelicAthbhliain faoi mhaise duit[Prosperous New Year] 13 ItalianFelice anno nuovo [Happy New Year] 14 Kaurna Niina Marni[Hello/Are you good] 15 Indonesian Selamat tahun baru [Greetings for the New Year] 16 MaoriNgā mihi o te tau hou[Greetings/Thanks for the New Year] 17 Ndebele Umnyaka omuhle[Beautiful Year] 18 PolishSzczęśliwego Nowego Roku [Happy New Year] Used for Christmas and the New Year Season 19 RomanianUn An Nou Fericit [A New Year happy] 20 Scots Lang may yer lum reek[Long may your chimney smoke] 21 Spanish Feliz año nuevo [Happy New Year] 22 SwedishGott nytt år[Good New Year] 23 Tok PisinHapi Niu Yia [Happy New Year] 24 Vietnamese Chúc mừng năm mới [Congratulations on the year new] 25 WangkatjaPalya [Hi, Good]/Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Palya nyinama[Stay good, sitting down] Courtesy NPY Women's Council 26 Yindjibarndi: Wanthiwa[Welcome, Are you good?]
All errors are mine. Please feel free to correct them, write a comment, or like.
En Français Pour des raisons de facilité, j’ai choisi d’utiliser l’alphabet Romain.
Je souhaite (ou plutôt j’espère) que chacun puisse vivre une année 2026 paisible. Nous savons que les cultures et les calendriers présentent des différences. En effet, ma conception ‘occidentale’ des vœux de bonne année peut être exprimée de différentes manières à travers le monde. J’ai tenté de transcrire la traduction littérale des vœux, mais n'hésitez pas à me faire part de toute correction ou suggestion. Je me porte responsable de toute erreur. N’hésitez pas à me faire part de vos corrections et suggestions. Faites aussi un commentaire ou un "Like’.
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