An interesting map published on jakubmarian.com shows how to wish a Happy New Year in various European languages.
The colouring shows etymological relations among the translations of the word “year” and does not always correspond to language families. For example, even though Polish and Russian are both Slavic languages, they are coloured differently because the corresponding translations of the word “year” are not based on the same root.
Here are the same phrases as above in text form:
- Albanian: Gëzuar Vitin e Ri
- Basque: Urte berri on
- Belarusian: З Новым годам
- Breton: Bloavezh mat
- Bulgarian: Честита Нова Година
- Catalan: Feliç/Bon any (nou)
- Croatian: Sretna Nova godina
- Czech: Šťastný nový rok
- Danish Godt nytår
- Dutch: Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
- English: Happy New Year
- Estonian: Head uut aastat
- Finnish: Hyvää uutta vuotta or Onnellista uutta vuotta
- Frisian (West): Gelokkich Nijjier
- Galician: Feliz aninovo
- German: Schönes/Frohes/Gutes neues Jahr or Guten Rutsch (ins neue Jahr)
- Greek: Καλή χρονιά
- Hungarian: Boldog új évet
- Icelandic: Farsælt or gleðilegt followed by komandi or nýtt ár
- Irish: Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit
- Italian: Felice anno nuovo or Buon anno
- Latvian: Laimīgu jauno gadu
- Lithuanian: Laimingų naujųjų metų
- Luxembourgish: Glécklecht neit Joer
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM): Среќна Нова Година
- Maltese: Is-Sena t-Tajba
- Norwegian: Godt nytt år
- Romanian: Un An Nou fericit or La mulți ani (general phrase)
- Occitan: Bonna annada
- Polish: Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku
- Portuguese: Feliz ano novo
- Russian: С Новым годом
- Sami (Northern): Buore ođđajagi
- Sami (Southern): Buerie orrejaepie
- Sami (Lule): Buorre ådåjahke
- Sardinian: Bon’annu nou
- Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna mhath ùr
- Serbian: Srećna Nova godina or Срећна Нова година
- Slovak: Šťastný nový rok
- Slovene: Srečno novo leto
- Spanish: Feliz Año Nuevo or Próspero Año Nuevo after Feliz Navidad
- Swedish: Gott nytt år
- Ukrainian: З Новим роком
- Welsh: Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Source: jakubmarian.com
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