form of greeting in your countries

[Comte Arnau]

Traditional Catalans divided the day in day, evening and night. So the greetings were Bon dia! Good day!, Bon vespre! Good evening! (when the sun faded away) and Bona nit! Good night! (to go to bed).

But the Spanish influence introduced the Spanish word tarde and the Spanish way of dividing the day into mañana (morning), tarde (afternoon+early evening) and noche (late evening+night), and now most Catalans say bon dia for the morning, bona tarda for the afternoon/evening and bona nit for the evening/night, while the word vespre (vesprada in Valencia) is getting lost.

To say hello we share the Iberian hola, with a Catalan pronunciation. More formal outfashioned ways would include Déu vos guard! (God guards you!) and the like, nowadays only said by the old folk.

To say bye we say adéu, usually shortened to déu. The whole form would be adéu-siau! (literally 'be with God', just like the Spanish a Dios or the English God bye!).

Two other ways of saying bye:

- Arreveure! (Similar to the French au revoir, Italian arrivederci, Romanian la revedere)
- Passi-ho bé! (Similar to 'have a good day, Sir/Madam')

See you soon is fins aviat!

Formalities are pretty much Iberian, which means one kiss on each cheek to women and a hand shake to men in informal meetings and only hand-shakes in formal ones.

[Ivanushka-supertzar]

We usually french-kiss and touch each other gently

[Bloodeagle]

We usually french-kiss and touch each other gently

That must make family reunions a bit awkward.

[Ivanushka-supertzar]

That must make family reunions a bit awkward.

It makes them look like an orgy.

[Dombra]

Vad händer jao

[Austo]

To a family member you havent seen for a while: Hug.
Business things... shaking hands.
Saying hello to a friend: Heil

[Planpincieux]

Traditional Catalans divided the day in day, evening and night. So the greetings were Bon dia! Good day!, Bon vespre! Good evening! (when the sun faded away) and Bona nit! Good night! (to go to bed).

But the Spanish influence introduced the Spanish word tarde and the Spanish way of dividing the day into mañana (morning), tarde (afternoon+early evening) and noche (late evening+night), and now most Catalans say bon dia for the morning, bona tarda for the afternoon/evening and bona nit for the evening/night, while the word vespre (vesprada in Valencia) is getting lost.

To say hello we share the Iberian hola, with a Catalan pronunciation. More formal outfashioned ways would include Déu vos guard! (God guards you!) and the like, nowadays only said by the old folk.

To say bye we say adéu, usually shortened to déu. The whole form would be adéu-siau! (literally 'be with God', just like the Spanish a Dios or the English God bye!).

Two other ways of saying bye:

- Arreveure! (Similar to the French au revoir, Italian arrivederci, Romanian la revedere)
- Passi-ho bé! (Similar to 'have a good day, Sir/Madam')

See you soon is fins aviat!

Formalities are pretty much Iberian, which means one kiss on each cheek to women and a hand shake to men in informal meetings and only hand-shakes in formal ones.

Catalan is so easily intelligible for me even though I've never studied the language..
All I know is French, Arpitan, Piedmontese and Italian + some basic Spanish.

Bon dia -> PM "Bondì"
Bon vespre -> IT "Buon Vespro" (literary; archaic for "twilight")
Bona nit -> PM "Bon-a neuit"
Bona tarda/Hola -> SP "Buenas tardes/Hola"
Déu vos guard -> AP "Djeu vo vard"
Adéu-siau -> PM "Adieu" + IT "Siate"
Arreveure -> FR "Au revoir"
Passi-ho bé -> IT "Passalo bene"
Fins aviat -> IT "Fino" + I guess PM "Vit"/FR "Vite"

Here are some typical greetings of my region and nearby:

Arpitan (Patoué Valdotèn)

Tànkye = Bye
Boùndzòo = G'day
ó revouâr = See you


Piedmontese

Arvëdze = Bye
Cerea = G'day
As vedoma = See you


Italian

Ciao
Ciao
Ciao