ime zones west of
the International Date Line determine the movement of "Happy New Year!"
progressively around the globe. It starts at this central Pacific island
northeast of American Samoa. All else at the opposite side, east of this Date
Line, is 23 hours behind still in the previous day.
Here’s wishing all, health, happiness, prosperity for 2008,
and whichever country the sun of January 1st found our OFWs...
Happy New Year! Masa-ganang Bagong Taon! Kung Hei Fat Choy!
Feliz Año Nuevo! Bonne Annee! Hauoli Makahiki Hou! Selamat Tahun Baru!
Cambodian, Soursdey Chhnam Tmei! Khmer, Sua Sdei tfnam tmei! Laotian, Sabai dee
pee mai! Vietnamese, Chuc Mung Tan Nien! Bengali, Shuvo Nabo Barsho! Thai,
Sawadee Pee Mai! Korea, Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo! Japan, Akimashite
Omedetto Gozaimasu! Hindi, Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen! Urdu, Naya Saal
Mubbarak Ho! Tamil, Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal! Punjabi, Nave sal di mubarak!
Nepal, Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana! Pashto, Nawai Kall Mo Mubarak Shah! Persian,
Saleh now ra tabrik migouyam! Afgani, Saale Nao Mubbarak! Arabic, Antum salimoun!
Afrikaans, Gelukkige nuwe jaar! Assyrian, Sheta Brikhta! Albanian, Gezuar Vitin
e Ri! Armenian, Snorhavor Nor Tari! Azeri, Yeni Iliniz Mubarek! Bulgarian, ×åñòèòà
Íîâà Ãîäèíà, Chestita Nova Godina! Catalan, Felic Ny Nou! Corsican, Pace e
Salute! Croatian, Sretna Nova godina! Cymraeg Welsh, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
Danish, Godt Nytår! Dhivehi, Ufaaveri Aa Aharakah Edhen! Iranian, Saleh now
mobarak! Iraqi, Sanah Jadidah! Hebrew, L’Shannah Tovah! Ethiopian, Melkam addis
amet yihuneliwo! Galician, Bo Nadal e Feliz inovo! Kurdish, Newroz pirozbe!
Dutch, Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Esperanto, Felican Novan Jaron! Estonians, Head uut
aastat! Finnish, Onnellista Uutta Vuo Gaelic, Bliadhna mhath ur! Eskimo,
Kiortame pivdluaritlo! German, Prosit Neujahr! Greek, Kenourios Chronos!
Gujarati, Nutan Varshbhinandan! Hungarian, Boldog Ooy Ayvet! Irish, Bliain nua
fe mhaise dhuit!
Italian, Felice Anno Nuovo! Kabyle, Asegwas Amegaz! Kannada,
Hosa Varushadha Shubhashayagalu! Kisii, Somwaka omoyia omuya! Latvian, Laimîgo
Jauno Gadu! Lithuanian, Laimingu Naujuju Metu! Macedonian, Srekjna Nova Godina!
Madagascar, Tratry ny taona! Marathi, Nveen Varshachy Shubhechcha! Malayalam,
Puthuvatsara Aashamsakal! Maltese, Is-Sena t-Tajba! Norwegian, Godt Nyttår!
Papua New Guinea, Nupela yia i go long yu! Polish, Szczesliwego Nowego Roku!
Portuguese, Feliz Ano Novo! Romanian, An Nou Fericit! Russian, S Novim Godom!
Samoa, Manuia le Tausaga Fou! Serbo-Croatian, Sretna nova godina! Sindhi, Nayou
Saal Mubbarak Hoje! Singhalese, Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa! Siraiki, Nawan Saal
Shala Mubarak Theevay! Slovak, Stastny Novy rok! Slovenian, sreèno novo leto!
Somali, Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican! Swahili, Heri Za Mwaka Mpya! Swedish, Gott
nytt år! Sudanese, Warsa Enggal! Telegu, Noothana samvatsara shubhakankshalu!
Turkish, Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun! Ukrainian, Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku! Uzbek,
Yangi Yil Bilan! Welsh, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
A multitude of languages, but each expressing the best for all of us.
