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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