Wishing Happy Birthday in Different Languages...

Whether it's your birthday or the birthday of some one close to you, it'll always be an occasion that remains the reservoir of happy memories, lots of laughter and wholesome family fun! Birthday is one of those occasions where the strong emotional bonds, warmth of heartfelt best wishes go beyond the barrier of language and sincere and cordial birthday wish always becomes successful in conveying with its true glory.

Other than the usual party, celebrations, good food and sparkling birthday gifts, it is a day when the spotlight shines on friends, relatives, parents and cheerful memories. It is the day when the birthday boy or girl is in his or her most emotionally vulnerable state. Feelings, thoughts previously unspoken, may be in fear of denunciation are expressed on this day as it is the perfect occasion to share feelings and emotions along with best wishes.

When it comes to wishing your loved ones on his or her birthday, originality and uniqueness is the key to make your dear one feel surprised and delighted. It's hard to put in to words what you want to express to the birthday boy or girl on that special day, but once you tell them how wonderful you feel on their birthday, the expression on their face with bright smile and cheerful look makes the day all the more special. To brighten up the birthday of your loved onesyou may be finding the right word to express your heartfelt best wishes can be a difficult task, so why don't you go beyond the barrier of language and wish happy birthday in different languages. It's sure to make your friend, relative or whoever is the birthday boy or girl, feel fascinated and really excited at this unique birthday wish. Even if it is the birthday celebration of a little kid, wishing happy birthday in different languages can be a quite an educating way of wishing someone happy birthday. Kids can learn those languages a little and feel fascinated in exploring more, consequently stirring their learning faculty in an indirect way.

Here is a list which will help you to wish "Happy Birthday" in different languages of the world. So next time you are at a birthday party you can share the joy and excitement in different languages. It can be an amusing at the same time a unique learning experience for you.

• Brazil: Parabéns a você! nesta data querida muitas felicidades e muitos anos de vida.
• Chinese-Cantonese: Sun Yat Fai Lok!
• Chinese-Mandarin: qu ni sheng er kuai le
• Croatian: Sretan Rodendan!
• Czech: Vsechno nejlepsi k Tvym narozeninam!!
• Danish: Tillykke med fodselsdagen!
• Dutch: Hartelijk gefeliciteerd! or Van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!
• Esperanto: Felichan Naskightagon!
• Farsi: Tavalodet Mobarak!
• Finnish: Hyvaa syntymapaivaa!
• French (Canada): Bonne Fete!
• French: Joyeux Anniversaire!
• German: Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
• Greek: Eytyxismena Genethlia! or Chronia Pola!
• Hawaiian: Hau`oli la hanau!
• Hungarian: Boldog szuletesnapot! or Isten eltessen!
• Italian: Buon Compleanno!
• Japanese: Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu!
• Russian: S dniom razhdjenia! or Pazdravliayu s dniom razhdjenia!
• Spanish: Feliz Cumpleaños!
• Swedish: Grattis på födelsedagen
• Taiwanese: San leaz quiet lo!
• Thai: Suk San Wan Keut!
• Ukrainian: Mnohiya lita! or Z dnem narodjennia!

Hmmm... Happy Birthday to those celebrate!

Bahasa-Bahasa Di Dunia

Senarai negara di seluruh dunia serta bahasa yang digunakan mereka. Senarai menunjukkan dialek, bahasa rasmi, peratus penduduk yang menggunakannya dan lain-lain lagi.

[Here are a list of countries around the world along with their language. The list show those that are dialect, official, what percentage of a population speak a certain language within that country and so on...]

• Afghanistan - Pashtu, Dari Persian, other Turkic and minor languages
• Albania - Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek
• Algeria - Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
• Andorra - Catalán (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
• Angola - Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
• Antigua and Barbuda - English (official), local dialects
• Argentina - Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
• Armenia - Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%
• Australia - English, native languages
• Austria - German 98% (official nationwide); Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region)
• Azerbaijan - Azerbaijani Turkic 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)
• Bahamas - English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
• Bahrain - Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
• Bangladesh - Bangla (official), English
• Barbados - English
• Belarus - Belorussian (White Russian), Russian, other
• Belgium - Dutch (Flemish) 60%, French 40%, German less than 1% (all official); legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
• Belize - English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole
• Benin - French (official), Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages
• Bhutan - Dzongkha (official), Tibetan dialects (among Bhotes), Nepalese dialects (among Nepalese)
• Bolivia - Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (all official)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (all official)
• Botswana - English (official), Setswana
• Brazil - Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
• Brunei Darussalam - Malay (official), English, Chinese
• Bulgaria - Bulgarian; secondary languages strongly correspond to ethnic breakdown
• Burkina Faso - French (official); native African (Sudanic) languages 90%
• Burundi - Kirundi and French (official), Swahili
• Cambodia - Khmer (official), French, English
• Cameroon - French, English (both official); 24 major African language groups
• Canada - English 59.3%, French 23.2% (both official); other 17.5%
• Cape Verde - Portuguese, Criuolo
• Central African Republic - French (official), Sangho (lingua franca, national), tribal languages
• Chad - French, Arabic (both official); Sara; more than 120 languages and dialects
• Chile - Spanish
• China - Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
• Colombia - Spanish
• Comoros - Arabic and French (both official), Shikomoro (Swahili/Arabic blend)
• Congo, Republic of - French (official), Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo, many local languages and dialects
• Congo, Democratic Republic of - the French (official), Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba
• Costa Rica - Spanish (official), English
• Côte d'Ivoire - French (official) and African languages (Diaula esp.)
• Croatia - Croatian 96% (official), other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, German)
• Cuba - Spanish
• Cyprus - Greek, Turkish (both official); English
• Czech Republic - Czech
• Denmark - Danish, Faeroese, Greenlandic (Inuit dialect), German; English is the predominant second language
• Djibouti - French and Arabic (both official), Somali, Afar
• Dominica - English (official) and French patois
• Dominican Republic - Spanish
• East Timor - Tetum, Portuguese (official); Bahasa Indonesia, English; other indigenous languages, including Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak
• Ecuador - Spanish (official), Quechua, other Amerindian languages
• Egypt - Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
• El Salvador - Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
• Equatorial Guinea - Spanish, French (both official); pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
• Eritrea - Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
• Estonia - Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, other
• Ethiopia - Amharic (official), Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, over 70 others
• Fiji - English (official), Fijian, Hindustani
• Finland - Finnish 93.4%, Swedish 5.9% (both official); small Sami- (Lapp) and Russian-speaking minorities
• France - French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
• Gabon - French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
• Gambia, The - English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous
• Georgia - Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azerbaijani 6%, other 7% (Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia)
• Germany - German
• Ghana - English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
• Greece - Greek 99% (official), English, French
• Grenada - English (official), French patois
• Guatemala - Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)
• Guinea - French (official), native tongues (Malinké, Susu, Fulani)
• Guinea-Bissau - Portuguese (official), Criolo, African languages
• Guyana - English (official), Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu
• Haiti - Creole and French (both official)
• Honduras - Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects; English widely spoken in business
• Hungary - Magyar (Hungarian), 98.2%; other, 1.8%
• Iceland - Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
• India - Hindi (official), English (official), Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all recognized by the constitution). Dialects, 1,600+
• Indonesia - Bahasa Indonesia (official), English, Dutch, Javanese, and more than 580 other languages and dialects
• Iran - Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
• Iraq - Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
• Ireland - English, Irish (Gaelic)
• Israel - Hebrew (official), Arabic, English
• Italy - Italian (official); German-, French-, and Slovene-speaking minorities
• Jamaica - English, Jamaican Creole
• Japan - Japanese
• Jordan - Arabic (official), English
• Kazakhstan - Kazak (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%; Russian (official, used in everyday business) 95% (2001 est.)
• Kenya - English (official), Swahili (national), and several other languages spoken by 25 ethnic groups
• Kiribati - English (official), I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)
• Korea, North - Korean
• Korea, South - Korean, English widely taught
• Kuwait - Arabic (official), English
• Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz, Russian (both official)
• Laos - Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages
• Latvia - Latvian (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other
• Lebanon - Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
• Lesotho - English, Sesotho (both official); Zulu, Xhosa
• Liberia - English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic-group languages
• Libya - Arabic, Italian and English widely understood in major cities
• Liechtenstein - German (official), Alemannic dialect
• Lithuania - Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian
• Luxembourg - Luxermbourgish (national) French, German (both administrative)
• Macedonia - Macedonian 68%, Albanian 25% (both official); Turkish 3%, Serbo-Croatian 2%, other 2%
• Madagascar - Malagasy and French (both official)
• Malawi English and Chichewa (both official), others important regionally
• Malaysia - Bahasa Melayu (Malay, official), English, Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; several indigenous languages (including Iban, Kadazan) in East Malaysia
• Maldives - Maldivian Dhivehi (official); English spoken by most government officials
• Mali - French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
• Malta - Maltese and English (both official)
• Marshall Islands - Marshallese (two major dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family), English (both official); Japanese
• Mauritania Hassaniya - Arabic, Wolof (both official); Pulaar, Soninke, French
• Mauritius - English, French (both official); Creole, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
• Mexico - Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
• Micronesia - English (official, common), Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
• Moldova - Moldovan (official; virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
• Monaco - French (official), English, Italian, Monégasque
• Mongolia - Mongolian, 90%; also Turkic and Russian (1999)
• Morocco - Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often used for business, government, and diplomacy
• Mozambique - Portuguese (official), Bantu languages
• Myanmar - Burmese, minority languages
• Namibia - English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama
• Nauru - Nauruan (official), English
• Nepal - Nepali 90% (official), over 40 other languages and major dialects, English (1995)
• The Netherlands - Dutch, Frisian (both official)
• New Zealand - English, Maori (both official)
• Nicaragua - Spanish (official); English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
• Niger - French (official), Hausa, Djerma
• Nigeria - English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, and more than 200 others
• Norway - Bokmål Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian (both official); small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
• Oman - Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects
• Pakistan - Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English, Burushaski, and others 8%
• Palau - English (official everywhere); Palau (official in all states but those following); Sonsoralese (official in Sonsoral); Tobi (official in Tobi); Angaur and Japanese (official in Angaur)
• Palestinian State (proposed) - Arabic, Hebrew, English
• Panama Spanish (official), - English 14%, many bilingual
• Papua New Guinea - Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English 1–2%; 715 indigenous languages
• Paraguay - Spanish, Guaraní (both official)
• Peru - Spanish, Quéchua (both official); Aymara; many minor Amazonian languages
• The Philippines - Filipino (based on Tagalog), English (both official); eight major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense
• Poland - Polish
• Portugal - Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)
• Qatar - Arabic (official); English a common second language
• Romania - Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
• Russia - Russian, others
• Rwanda - Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all official); Kiswahili in commercial centers
• St. Kitts and Nevis - English
• St. Lucia - English (official), French patois
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines - English, French patois
• Samoa - Samoan, English
• San Marino - Italian
• São Tomé and Príncipe - Portuguese (official)
• Saudi Arabia - Arabic
• Senegal - French (official); Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
• Serbia and Montenegro - Serbian (official) 95%, Albanian 5%
• Seychelles - Seselwa Creole, English, French (all official)
• Sierra Leone - English (official), Mende (southern vernacular), Temne (northern vernacular), Krio (lingua franca)
• Singapore - Malay (national), Mandarin Chinese, Tamil, English (all official)
• Slovakia - Slovak (official), Hungarian
• Slovenia - Slovenian 92%, Serbo-Croatian 6.2%, other 1.8%
• Solomon Islands - English 1%–2% (official), Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca), 120 indigenous languages
• Somalia - Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian
• South Africa - Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu (all 11 official)
• Spain - Castilian Spanish 74% (official nationwide); Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% (each official regionally)
• Sri Lanka - Sinhala 74% (official and national), Tamil 18% (national), other 8%; English is commonly used in government and spoken competently by about 10%
• Sudan - Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
• Suriname - Dutch (official), Surinamese (lingua franca), English widely spoken, Hindustani, Javanese
• Swaziland - English, siSwati (both official)
• Sweden - Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
• Switzerland - German 63.7%, French 12.9%, Italian 7.6%, Romansch 0.6% (all official); other 8.9%
• Syria - Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
• Taiwan - Chinese (Mandarin, official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
• Tajikistan - Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
• Tanzania - Swahili, English (both official); Arabic; many local languages
• Thailand - Thai (Siamese), English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
• Togo - French (official, commerce); Ewé, Mina (south); Kabyé, Cotocoli (north); and many dialects
• Tonga - Tongan (an Austronesian language), English
• Trinidad and Tobago - English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese
• Tunisia - Arabic (official, commerce), French (commerce)
• Turkey - Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
• Turkmenistan - Turkmen 72%; Russian 12%; Uzbek 9%, other 7%
• Tuvalu - Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
• Uganda - English (official), Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
• Ukraine - Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
• United Arab Emirates - Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
• United Kingdom - English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic
• United States - English, sizable Spanish-speaking minority
• Uruguay - Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero
• Uzbekistan - Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
• Vanuatu - Bislama (a Melanesian pidgin English), English, French (all 3 official); more than 100 local languages
• Vatican City (Holy See) - Italian, Latin, French, various other languages
• Venezuela - Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
• Vietnam - Vietnamese (official); English (increasingly favored as a second language); some French, Chinese, Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
• Western Sahara (proposed state) - Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
• Yemen - Arabic
• Zambia - English (official); major vernaculars: Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga; about 70 other indigenous languages
• Zimbabwe - English (official), Shona, Ndebele (Sindebele), numerous minor tribal dialects