Happy Easter in many languages

Note: Easter is mainly a Christian festival and is not universally celebrated.

Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, rsp = response

Language	Happy Easter
Afrikaans	Geseënde Paasfees
Albanian	Gëzuar Pashkët
Amharic	መልካም ፋሲካ (me’elkam fasika)
Arabic (Lebanese)	El masi7 2am
Arabic (Modern Standard)	(fiṣḥ sa'īd) فصح سعيد Christ has risen (el maseeh qam) المسيح قام rsp - Truly he has risen (haqan qam) حقاً قام
Armenian (Eastern)	Քրիստոս յառեաւ ի մեռելոց (Kuhreestos harryav ee merrelotz) - Christ is risen from the dead Օրհնեալ է յառութիւնն Քրիստոսի (Ornyal eh harrootyunuhn Kuhreestosee) - Blessed is the resurrection of Christ (rsp)
Armenian (Western)	Քրիստոս յառեաւ ի մեռելոց (Kuhreestos harryav ee merrelotz) - Christ is risen from the dead Օրհնեալ է յառութիւնն Քրիստոսի (Ornyal eh harrootyunuhn Kuhreestosee) - Blessed is the resurrection of Christ (rsp)
Aromanian	Hristolu s-aflà! (Christ has risen!) Dealihea cà s-afla! (He has risen indeed! - rsp)
Assyrian	Ghyamta d'maran hoya brikhta
Azeri	Pasxa bayramınız müqəddəs olsun
Basque	Ondo izan Bazko garaian
Belarusian	Са Святам Вялікадня (Sa Sviatam Bialikadnia) Хрыстос уваскрос (Chrystos uvaskros) 'Christ is risen' Сапраўды ўваскрос (Sapraŭdy ŭvaskros) 'Truly he is risen'
Bengali	ঈস্টর এর শুভেচ্ছা নেবেন। (easter er shubhechha neben)
Bhojpuri	शुभ ईस्टर (subh iistar)
Bikol	Maogmang Pagkabuhay na Liwat ni Kristo
Breton	Pask Seder
Bulgarian	Христос Воскресе (Hristos Voskrese) Christ has risen Воистина Воскресе (Voistina Voskrese) Truly, he has risen - reply Честит Великден (Čestit Velikden)
Catalan	Bona Pasqua
Chamorro	Felis Påsgua
Chinese (Cantonese)	復活節快樂 (fuhkwuhtjit faailohk)
Chinese (Mandarin)	復活節快樂 [复活节快乐] (fùhuójié kuàilè)
Chinese (Taiwanese)	復活節快樂 (ho̍k-o̍ah-chat/chiat khòai-lo̍k)
Cornish	Pask Lowen
Corsican	Bona Pasqua
Croatian	Sretan Uskrs
Czech	Veselé Velikonoce
Danish	God påske
Dutch	Vrolijk Pasen, Zalige paasdagen, Zalig Pasen
Esperanto	Feliĉan Paskon
Estonian	Häid lihavõttepühi
Faroese	Gleðilig páskir
Fijian	Vanuinui vinaka ni Siga ni Mate
Finnish	Hyvää Pääsiäistä / Iloista pääsiäistä
French	Joyeuses Pâques
Frisian (North)	Fröiliken poosche
Friulian	Buine Pasche
Galician	Boas Pascuas
Georgian	გილოცავთ აღდგომას (gilocavth aghdgomas) - frm გილოცავ აღდგომას (gilocav aghdgomas) - inf ქრისტე აღდგა (kʻriste aghdga)
German	Frohe Ostern
Greek (Modern)	Καλό πάσχα (Kaló pásha) Χριστός ανέστη! (Hristós anésti) - Christ has Risen Αληθώς ανέστη! (Alithós anésti) - Truly he has Risen (reply)
Haitian Creole	Bònn fèt pak
Hawaiian	Hau ʻoli Pakoa, E ʻōlelo mālie Hau'oli Ka La i Ala Hou ai Ka Haku
Hebrew	(chag pascha same'ach) חג פסחא שמח
Hindi	शुभ ईस्टर (śubh īsṭar)
Hungarian	Kellemes Húsvéti Ünnepeket! (Pleasant Easter Holidays!) Áldott Húsvétot kívánok! (Wishing You a Blessed Easter!)
Icelandic	Gleðilega páska
Indonesian	Selamat Paskah
Irish (Gaelic)	Cáisc Shona Dhuit/Dhaoibh, Beannachtaí na Cásca
Italian	Buona Pasqua
Japanese	復活祭おめでとうございます (fukkatsu-sai omedetō gozaimasu) イースターおめでとうございます (īsutā omedetō gozaimasu)
Jèrriais	Jouaiyeux Pâques
Kannada	ಈಸ್ಟರ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು (īsṭar habbada shubhaashayagalu)
Kinyarwanda	Pasika Nziza
Korean	행복한 부활절이 되시길 (haengpoghan puhwarcheori toesikir)
Latin	Prospera Pascha sit
Latvian	Priecīgas Lieldienas
Lithuanian	Su šventom velykom! Sveiki sulaukę šventų velykų!
Luxembourgish	Schéin Ouschteren
Macedonian	Среќен Велигден (Sreken Veligden) Христос воскресе (Hristos voskrese) Christ has risen Навистина воскресе (Navistina voskrese) Truly, he has risen - rsp
Malayalam	ഈസ്റ്റര്‍ ആശംസകള്‍! (iistar ashamsakal!)
Maltese	L-Għid it-tajjeb
Manx (Gaelic)	Caisht sonney dhyt
Māori	Ngā mihi o te Aranga
Marathi	शुभ ईस्टर (śubh īsṭar)
Norwegian	God påske
Occitan	Bonas Pascas
Papiamento	Bon pasco
Pashto	ښه او خوشحال اختر (kha aw khushal akhtar)
Persian (Farsi)	(eide pak mobārak) عيد پاک مبارک
Polish	Wesołych Świąt Wielkanocnych! Wesołego Alleluja! Szczęśliwej Wielkanocy! Wesołych Świąt Wielkiej Nocy!
Portuguese	Boa Páscoa, Páscoa Feliz, Feliz Páscoa
Punjabi	ਈਸਟਰ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਯਾੰਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ (īsṭar khuśyāṅvālā hove)
Romanian	Paşte Fericit Hristos a inviat! (Christ has risen!) Adevarat ca a inviat! (Truly, he has risen - rsp)
Russian	Христос воскрес (Xristos voskres) Christ resurrected Воистину воскрес (Voistinu voskres) - reply - truly resurrected
Samoan	Ia manuia le Eseta
Sardinian (Logudorese)	Bona pasca
Scottish Gaelic	A' Chàisg sona
Serbian	Христос васкрсе (Hristos vaskrse) - Christ resurrected Ваистину васкрсе (Vaistina vaskrse) - truly resurrected (reply)
Sicilian	Bona Pasqua
Sinhala	සුභ පාස්කුවක් (subha paskuwak)
Slovak	Veselé prežitie Veľkonočných sviatkov
Slovenian	Vesele velikonočne praznike
Spanish	¡Felices Pascuas!
Swahili	Heri kwa sikukuu ya Pasaka
Swedish	Glad Påsk
Swiss German	Schöni Oschtere
Tagalog	Maligayang pasko ng pagkabuhay
Tamil	ஈஸ்ட்டர் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் (Easter nal vaazthukkal)
Telugu	శుభ ఈస్ఠర్ (shubha eestar)
Tetum	Feliz Paskua
Thai	สุขสันต์วันอีสเตอร์ (sùk săn wan èet-dtêr)
Tibetan	ཡི་ཤུ་བསྐྱར་གསོའི་དུས་ཆེན་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ།
Tigrinya	ርሑስ በዓል ፋሲካ። (Rhus Be’al Fasika)
Tok Pisin	Hepi ista
Tongan	Ma'u ha 'aho Pekia fiefia.
Tsotsil	Lek me ech'an ti ta k'uxul orae
Tswana	Malatsi a paseka aa itumedisang
Turkish	Paskalya yortunuz kutlu olsun (Note: most Turkish people are Muslims and do not celebrate Easter)
Ukrainian	Христос Воскрес! (Khrystos Voskres!) = Christ is Risen! Воїстину Воскрес! (Voyistynu Voskres!) = Truly He is Risen! - reply З Великодніми святами (Z Velykodnimy sviatamy)
Urdu	(eid mubarak) عید مبارک
Venetian	Bona Pasqua
Vietnamese	Chúc Mừng Phục Sinh
Volapük	Lesustanazäli yofik
Võro	Hüvvi munnõpühhi
Welsh	Pasg Hapus
Yorùbá	Ẹ ku Ayọ Ajinde
Zulu	IPhasika elijabulayo / IPhasika elithokozayo

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