To ring in 2016, here’s a handy guide to how to say “Happy New Year” in 12 of the major languages in Africa (besides English).
isiZulu: Unyaka omusha omuhle!
Swahili: Heri kwa mwaka mpya!
Arabic: Sana sa’eedah!
Afrikaans: Gelukkige nuwe jaar!
Hausa: Barka da sabuwar shekara!
French: Bonne annee!
Somali: Sannad wanaagsan!
Berber: Asgwas amegas!
Portuguese: Feliz ano nuovo!
Yoruba: Eku odun! (or eku iyedun)
Fulani: Dioul mo wouri!
Amharic: Melkam Lidet!
Kinyarwanda: Umwaka mwiza!
Malagasy: Tratrin’ny taona!
Editor’s note: Please let us know if we made any unintentional errors, and we will correct them.
