Happy Birthday in many languages

Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, >m = said to males, >f said to females.

Language	Happy Birthday
Afrikaans	Gelukkige Verjaarsdag
Albanian	Gëzuar Ditëlindjen
Aleut	Raazdinyaam Ugutaa
Amharic	መልከም ልደት (melekame lidete)
Arabic (Modern Standard)	(kul sana wa inta tayyeb) كل سنة و انت طيب (kul ʿam wa inta bihair) كل عام و أنت بخير
Arabic (Egyptian)	كل سنة و إنت طيّب (kull sana wa inta tayyib >m, kull sana wa inti tayyiba >f) و إنت طيّب response - (wa inta tayyib >m, wa inti tayyiba >f)
Armenian (Eastern)	Ծնունդդ շնորհավոր (Ts.nundet shnorhavor)
Armenian (Western)	շնորհաւոր ծննդեան տարեդարձ (shuhnorhavor dzuhnuhntyan daretarts)
Aromanian	Ti multsã-anji! Uràri cu-ucazea-a dzuùãljei di-aflari
Azerbaijani	Ad günün mübarək
Basque	Zorionak zuri
Belarusian	З днём нараджэння (Z dniom naradžennia)
Bengali	সুভজন্মদন্ (shubho jônmodin)
Bosnian	Srećan rođendan
Breton	Deiz ha bloaz laouen Kalz a vloavezhioù all
Bulgarian	Честит рожден ден (Čestit rožden den)
Catalan	Per molts anys Bon aniversari Moltes Felicitats
Cebuano	Maayong pagsaulog sa adlaw nga natawhan (formal - Happy Birthday is also used)
Chamorro	Biba Kumpleaños
Chechen	Deeqhal xyyl vinde
Chinese (Cantonese)	生日快樂 (sàangyaht faailohk)
Chinese (Hakka)	生日快樂 (sang niyt khwài lók)
Chinese (Hokkien)	生日快樂 (Seⁿ-jít khoài-lók)
Chinese (Mandarin)	生日快樂 [生日快乐] (shēngrì kuàilè)
Chinese (Shanghainese)	生日快乐 (sinni kualoq)
Cornish	Penn-bloedh Lowen
Croatian	Sretan rođendan
Czech	Všechno nejlepší k narozeninám!
Danish	Tillykke med fødselsdagen
Divehi	(ufaaveri ufandhuvaheh) އުފާވެރި އުފަންދުވަހެއް
Dutch	Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag Fijne Verjaardag Van Harte Gefeliciteerd Van Harte Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag
Esperanto	Feliĉan datrevenon Feliĉan naskiĝtagon, Feliĉan naskiĝfeston
Estonian	Palju õnne sünnipäevaks
Faroese	Tillukku við føðingardegnum
Finnish	Hyvää syntymäpäivää
Flemish	Gelukkige verjaardag
French	Joyeux anniversaire Bon anniversaire Bonne fête (in Quebec)
Friulian	Bon Natalizi
Georgian	გილოცავთ დაბადების დღეს (gilocʻavtʻ dabadebis dġes) - frm გილოცავ დაბადების დღეს (gilocʻav dabadebis dġes) - inf
German	Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburstag
Greek	Χρόνια πολλά (Hrónia Pollá)
Hawaiian	Hauʻoli Lā Hānau
Hebrew	(Yom Huledet Sameakh) יום הולדת שמח
Hindi	जन्मदिन मुबारक हो (janmadina mubārak ho) सालगिरह की हार्दिक शुभकामनायें (sālgirah kī hārdik śubhkāmnāyeṅ)
Hungarian	Boldog születésnapot
Icelandic	Til hamingju með afmælið
Ido	Bona / Felica nasko-dio
Indonesian	Selamat ulang tahun
Interlingua	Felice anniversario
Inuktitut	ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᖅᓯᐅᑦᓯᐊᕆᑦ (Nalliuniqsiutsiarit)
Irish (Gaelic)	Breithlá sona duit Lá breithe shona duit
Italian	Buon compleanno
Japanese	お誕生日おめでとうございます (otanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu)
Jèrriais	Bouôn annivèrsaithe
Kazakh	Туған күнің құтты болсын! (Twğan küniñ quttı bolsın!) - inf Туған күніңіз құтты болсын! (Twğan küniñiz quttı bolsın!) - frm
Klingon	qoSlIj DatIvjaj
Korean	생일축하합니다 (saengil chukha hamnida)
Kyrghyz	Туулган күнүң менен (Tuulgan kunun menen)
Latin	Felix dies natalis / Felix sit natalis dies
Latvian	Apsveicu dzimšanas dienā
Limburgish	Gelökkige verjaordaag
Lipen Søerjehn	(Festoy Nensktag)
Lithuanian	Sveikinu gimtadienio proga
Lojban	terjbe.ui
Luxembourgeois	Vill Gléck fir däi Gebuertsdag! (inf) Vill Gléck fir äre Gebuertsdag! (frm)
Macedonian	Среќен роденден (Sreken rodenden)
Malay	Selamat hari jadi / Selamat hari lahir
Malayalam	ജന്മ ദിനാശംസകള (janma dina ashamsakal)
Manx	Laa-ruggyree sonney dhyt
Māori	Rā whānau koa! Kia huritau ki a koe!
Marathi	वाढदिवसाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा (vāḍhivsācyā hārdik śubhecchā)
Mongolian	Tєрсєн єдрийн баяр хvргэе (Tersen edriin bayar hurgeye)
Nepali	जन्मदिनको शुभकामना! (janmadinko shubhakamana)
Ndebele	Langelihle lokuzanwa
Norwegian	Gratulerer med dagen Gratulerer med fødselsdagen
Occitan	Aürós aniversari!
Persian	(tavallodet mobārak) تولدت مبارک
Polish	Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin Wszystkiego najlepszego!
Portuguese	Parabéns Feliz aniversário
Romanian	La mulţi ani
Russian	С днем рождения (S dniom roždenija)
Sabethir	(Erathie'hyavras)
Scottish Gaelic	Là breith sona dhuit/dhuibh
Serbian	Срећан рођендан (Srećan rođendan)
Sesotho	Letsatsi le monate la tswalo
Sindarin	Nostor veren
Slovak	Všetko najlepšie (k narodeninám)
Slovenian	Vse najboljše (za rojstni dan)
Spanish	¡feliz cumpleaños!
Swahili	Siku-kuo ya zaliwa njema! Furaha Ya Siku Ya Kuza Liwa!
Swedish	Grattis på födelsedagen
Tagalog	Maligayang kaarawan (Happy Birthday) Maligayang bati sa iyong kaarawan (Happy birthday to you) Nawa'y pagpalain ka ng Diyos ng marami pang kaarawan (May God bless you with many more birthdays to come)
Thai	สุขสันต์วันเกิด (sook sun wan gerd)
Turkish	Doğum günün kutlu olsun
Turkmen	Doglan günüň gutly bolsun
Ukrainian	Многая Літа (Mnohaja Lita) = "Many Years" З днем народження (Z dnem narodžennia)
Urdu	(salgirah mubarak) سالگِرہ مبارک
Uzbek	Tug'ilgan kuningiz bilan!
Vietnamese	Chúc mừng sinh nhật
Volapük	Motöfadeli yofik
Welsh	Penblwydd Hapus
Xhosa	Imini emnandi kuwe
Yiddish	A freylakhn geburtstog / mazl-tov tsu dayn geburtstog
Zazaki	Roca toya d?nya-amaene bımbareke bo!
Zulu	Halala ngosuku lokuzalwa

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