"Happy Birthday" in 20 Languages!
May 2025
How many greetings do you recognize?
American English: Happy Birthday
Spanish: Feliz cumpleaños
Portuguese: Feliz aniversário
French: Joyeux anniversaire
Haitian Creole: Felisitasyon pou ou fèt
German: Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag
Polish: Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin
Irish: Breithlá sona duit
Russian: С днем рождения
Kyrgyz: Туулган күнүң менен
Sango: Mboté na nzambe na ngó na yo
Japanese: お誕生日おめでとうございます
Tagalog: Maligayang Kaarawan
Thai: สุขสันต์วันเกิด
Vietnamese: Chúc mừng sinh nhật
Arabic: عيد ميلاد سعيد
Lingala: Bon anniversaire
Turkish: Doğum günün kutlu olsun
Nepalese: जन्मदिनको शुभकामना
Khmai (Cambodia): សូមអ祝សួស្តីថ្ងៃកំណើត
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