Happy Easter in many languages

Note: Easter is Christian festival and is not universally celebrated.

Language	Happy Easter
Afrikaans	Geseënde Paasfees
Albanian	Gëzuar Pashkët
Arabic (Modern Standard)	فِصْح سعيد
Armenian (Eastern)	Ուրախ Զատիկ (Urakh zatik)
Aromanian	Ti multsã-anji Pashtili! Hristolu-nye! - Dealihea cà-nye!
Basque	Ondo izan Bazko garaian
Bikol	Maogmang Pagkabuhay na Liwat ni Kristo
Breton	Pask Seder
Bulgarian	честит Великден (čestit Velikden)
Catalan	Bona Pasqua
Chamorro	Felis Pasgua
Chinese (Cantonese)	復活節快樂 (fuhkwuhtjit faailohk)
Chinese (Mandarin)	復活節快樂 [复活节快乐] (fùhuójié kuàilè)
Cornish	Pask Lowen
Croatian	Sretan Uskrs
Czech	Veselé Velikonoce
Danish	God påske
Dutch	Vrolijk Pasen, Zalige paasdagen, Zalig Pasen
Esperanto	Feliĉan Paskon
Estonian	Häid lihavõttepühi
Finnish	Hyvää Pääsiäistä / Onnellista pääsiäistä
French	Joyeuses Pâques
Friulian	Buine Pasche
Galician	Boas Pascuas
Georgian	გილოცავთ აღდგომას (gilocʻavtʻ aġdgomas) - frm გილოცავ აღდგომას (gilocʻav aġdgomas) - inf ქრისტე აღდგა (kʻriste aġdga)
German	Frohe Ostern
German (Swiss)	schöni Oschtere
Greek	Καλὸ Πάσχα (Kaló Páskha) Χριστοζ Ανεστη (Khristoz Anēstē) Christ has risen Αλιθοζ Ανεστη (Alithoz Anēstē) truly he has risen - reply
Hawaiian	E ʻôlelo mâlie
Hebrew	(chag pascha same'ach) חג פסחא שמח
Hindi	शुभ ईस्टर (śubh īsṭar)
Hungarian	Kellemes Húsvéti Ünnepeket
Icelandic	Gleðilega páska
Indonesian	Selamat Paskah
Irish (Gaelic)	Cáisc Shona Dhuit/Dhaoibh, Beannachtaí na Cásca
Italian	Buona Pasqua
Japanese	イースターおめでとう (īsutā omedetō)
Jèrriais	Jouaiyeux Pâques
Korean	행복한 부활절이 되시길 (haengpoghan puhwarcheori toesikir)
Latin	Prospera Pascha sit
Latvian	Priecīgas Lieldienas
Lithuanian	Sveiki sulaukę velykų
Luxembourgish	Schéin Oustren
Macedonian	Среќен Велигден (Sreken Veligden) Христос воскресе (Hristos voskrese) Christ resurrected Вистина воскресе (Vistina voskrese) truly resurrected - reply
Maltese	L-Għid it-tajjeb
Manx	Caisht sonney dhyt
Marathi	शुभ ईस्टर (śubh īsṭar)
Norwegian	God påske
Occitan	Bonas Pascas
Persian	عيد پاک مبارک
Polish	Szczęśliwej Wielkanocy! Wesołych Świąt Wielkiej Nocy
Portuguese	Boa Páscoa, Páscoa Feliz, Feliz Páscoa
Punjabi	ਈਸਟਰ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਯਾੰਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ (īsṭar khuśyāṅvālā hove)
Romanian	Paşte Fericit
Russian	Христос воскресе (Xristos voskrese) Christ resurrected воистину воскресе (voistinu voskrese) truly resurrected - reply
Scottish Gaelic	A' Chàisg sona
Serbian	Христос васкрсе (Hristos vaskrse) - Christ resurrected Ваистину васкрсе (Vaistina vaskrse) - truly resurrected (reply)
Sicilian	Bona Pasqua
Slovak	Milostiplné prežitie Veľkonočných sviatkov
Slovenian	Vesele velikonočne praznike
Spanish	¡Felices Pascuas!
Swahili	Heri kwa sikukuu ya Pasaka
Swedish	Glad Påsk
Tagalog	Maligayang pasko ng pagkabuhay
Thai	สุขสันต์วันอีสเตอร์ (Suk-sənt-wən īs-toer)
Tigrinya	ርሑስ ብዓል ፈሲካ (ይግበረልካ) (rHus bˋal fesika (ygberelka))
Turkish	Paskalya bayramınız kutlu olsun (Note: most Turkish people are Muslims and do not celebrate Easter)
Ukrainian	З Великодніми святами (Z Velykodnimy svjatamy)
Urdu	(eid mubarak) عید مبارک
Vietnamese	Chúc Mừng Phục Sinh
Volapük	Lesustanazäli yofik
Welsh	Pasg Hapus
Yoruba	Eku odun ajinde
Zulu	IPhasika elijabulayo / IPhasika elithokozayo

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