Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou

Tis Christmas time, so let's watch Tom Scott's video on the phonology of Hawaiian and why "Merry Christmas" become "Mele Kalikimaka". After that, let's learn how to greet each other in upon this Christian/Western Holidays of Christmas and New Years in lots of other languages, courtesy of Omniglot of course.


Luxenbourgish: E schéine Chrëschtdag an e glécklecht neit Joer
Ukranian: Різдвом Христовим
Standard Arabic: أجمل التهاني بمناسبة الميلاد و حلول السنة الجديدة
Quechua: Sumaq kausay kachun Navidad qampaq
Romani: Baxtalo Krećuno thaj Baxtalo Nevo Berš
Tibetan: ༄༅།།ལོ་གསར་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ།
Xhosa: Siniqwenelela Ikrisimesi Emnandi Nonyaka Omtsha Ozele Iintsikelelo


Från oss alla, till er alla: En Riktig God Jul!

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