# Pl help in identifying the languages.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 19, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pl-help-in-identifying-the-languages/477884 "2008-12-19T09:04:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pl-help-in-identifying-the-languages/477884/1 "2008-12-19T09:04:06Z")

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I received this in an e-mail today from a Europe based contact .

what are the languages ??  
\*\*Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!

God Jul och Gott Nytt År! \*\*  
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Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku!

Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom!

Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!

Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! ( spanish, my guess)

Boas Festas e um feliz Ano Novo!

Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan!

Seng Dan Fai Lok, Sang Nian Fai Lok\*\*

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pl-help-in-identifying-the-languages/477884/2 "2008-12-19T09:16:56Z")

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Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!  
German

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!  
French

God Jul och Gott Nytt År!  
Swedish

Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku!  
Polish

Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom!  
Russian

Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!  
Italian

Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo!  
Spanish

Boas Festas e um feliz Ano Novo!  
Portuguese

Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan!  
Mandarin

Seng Dan Fai Lok, Sang Nian Fai Lok  
Cantonese

They all mean “merry Christmas and happy new year.”

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pl-help-in-identifying-the-languages/477884/3 "2008-12-19T09:17:50Z")

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German

French

Swedish, I think, but I’m not certain

Polish

Russian in roman letters? A Slavic language anyways.

Italian

Spanish, yes

Portuguese

Chinese, but a really old or possibly garbled transliteration. It’s definitely not written using pinyin.

The last might be a different Chinese, or possibly Tagalog. Definitely not Japanese.

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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pl-help-in-identifying-the-languages/477884/4 "2008-12-19T09:29:03Z")

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> [@jovan](#):
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> They all mean “merry Christmas and happy new year.”

Yes ! It had english and Hindi greetings also , which I did not post !🙂  
Thanks for the quick responses from both !