a very late season's greetings

I'm still going through old emails from around Christmas and new year's time. I just read this email and I thought I have to post it here. At least it kind of changes the rather sad mood of yesterday's blogging.

So, here you are, this is how a linguist sends season's greetings:

Semitic:
Arabic: أطيب تهانيً بعيد الميلاد ، وبالعام الجديد، وكل عام وأنتم بخير.

عساكم من عواده. بعوده الأيام

Hebrew: חג מולד שמח ושנה טובה

(chag molad sameach v’shanah tovah)

Sino-Tebetan:

Chinese (Mandarin): 聖誕快樂 新年快樂 [圣诞快乐 新年快乐]

(shèngdàn kuàilè xīnnián kuàilè)

Indo-European:

English: Merry Christmas and happy New Year.

Persian: كريسماس مبارك / سال نو مبارك

German: Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr.

Romance Languages & Matrix:

French: Joyeux Noël et bonne année.

Italian: Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo.

Spanish: Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo

Latin: Natale hilare et annum faustum.

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