Have a nice day in many languages

This phrase or something like it is widely used in the USA and Canada. Elsewhere usage is limited to certain situations, such as in shops.

Language	Phrase
Afrikaans	Lekker dag!
Arabic (Modern Standard)	اتمنى لك يوما طيبا
Armenian (Western)	Լաւ օր ունենաս: (Lav or oonenas)
Bulgarian	Приятен ден (Prijaten den)
Chamorro	Puedi ha todo maolek
Croatian	Lijep ti dan želim! (inf) Lijep Vam dan želim! (frm)
Czech	Hezký den! Pěkný den!
Danish	Fortsat god dag
Dutch	Nog een prettige dag Nog een prettige dag toegewenst Een goede dag verder
Esperanto	Bonan tagon al vi!
Finnish	Hyvää päivänjatkoa
French	Bonne journée !
Georgian	წარმატებულ დღეს გისურვებთ (carmatebul dres gisurvebt) - frm წარმატებულ დღეს გისურვებ (carmatebul dres gisurveb) - inf
German	Schönen Tag noch!
Greek	Νάσαι καλά! (Náse kalá!) - inf Νάστε καλά! (Náste kalá!) - frm
Hebrew	to a woman - (Sheyihiye lach yom na'im) שיהיה לַך יום נעים to a man - (Sheyihiye lecha yom na'im) שיהיה לְךַ יום נעים
Hindi	आपका दिन अच्छा बीते! (Āpkā din acchā bīte!)
Hungarian	Szép napot!
Icelandic	Hafðu það gott
Indonesian	Semoga hari anda menyenangkan
Italian	Buona giornata!
Japanese	良い一日を (Yoi ichinichi o)
Latin	Die dulci fruere!
Latvian	Lai jums laba diena!
Lithuanian	Geros dienos!
Luxembourgish	Schèinen Dag nach
Macedonian	Пријатен ден (Priyaten den)
Malay	Semoga hari anda baik sahaja
Maltese	Il-gurnata t-tajba
Norwegian	Ha en fin dag
Occitan	Bona jornada!
Persian	(ruze xubi dâšte bâšid!) روز خوبی داشته باشید!
Polish	Miłego dnia!
Portuguese	Tenha um bom dia!
Romanian	Îţi doresc / Vă doresc o zi plăcută!
Russian	Хорошего Дня (Xarošego Dnja)
Samoan	Manuia le aso!
Serbian	Пријатан дан желим (Prijatan dan želim)
Slovak	Pekný deň! Pekný deň prajem
Spanish	¡Que pase un buen día!
Swahili	Nakutakia siku njema!
Swedish	Ha en trevlig dag! Ha en bra dag!
Tagalog	Magandang araw sa'yo!
Tigrinya	ደሓን ውዕሉ (deHan wˋalu)
Turkish	İyi günler!
Ukrainian	Щасливого (Гарного) дня (Ščaslivoho (Harnoho) dnja)
Urdu	(ap ka din acha guzrae) آپ کا دن اچھا گزرے
Uzbek	Yahshi ishlang!

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Links

Some notes on the usage of this phrase in German
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa080299.htm

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