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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