Ever wanted to surprise your friends and relatives from Pampanga, maybe somewhere in Visayas like Cebu, or as far as in Mindanao like Zamboanga and greet them Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in their own dialect? Here’s a helpful chart illustrating how to say just that, with a not too exhaustive but hopefully helpful listing:
Tagalog / Filipino – Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Tao
Bicolano (Bicol) – Maugmang Kapaskuhan asin Masaganang Ba-gong Taon
Cebuano (Cebu) – Malipayong Pasko ug Bulahang Bag-ong Tuig
Chavacano (Zamboanga)- Felices Pascua y Prospero Anyo
Hiligaynon (Panay, Negros) – Malipayon nga paskua & Malipayon Nga Bag-ong tuig
Ilocano (Ilocos Region) – Naimbag a Pascua ken Naragsac nga Baro nga Tawen
Ilonggo (Iloilo) – Malipayong Paskwa kag Masinadyahong Bag-ong Tuig
Kapampangan (Pampanga, Bataan) – Malugud Pascu at saca Masayang Bayung Banua
Manobo (Northern & Central Mindanao) – Mepiya Pagasaulog aw maontong kaling Omay
Pangasinense (Pangasinan) – Maabig ya pasko Maliket ya Balon Taon
Surigaonon (Surigao Region) – Malipayon na pasko sanan bag-on tuig!
Waray (Eastern Visayas) – Maupay nga Pasko ngan Mainuswagon nga Bag-o nga Tuig
Zambal (Zambales Region) – Maligayang Pasko at Masayang Ba-yon Taon