Greetings are nice things to say when people meet each other. Greetings may be different from culture to culture. These are some greetings used a lot in the English language:

• "Hello" Formal, Neutral and Informal
• "Hi" Neutral and Informal
• "Hey" Informal
• Good Bye,greeting used while leaving each other
• "Good [morning, afternoon, evening,night], Formal , which changes with the time of day
• "What's up?", "Yo", "What's up?", "'Sup" and "What's happening?", which are not formal
• "G'day", a greeting used a lot in Australia
• "Howdy", an informal greeting used a lot in rural areas of the United States
• "How do you do", which is used as a question in some places and a normal greeting in others

There are also ways to greet without talking, such as these:

• Handshakes
• Bowing
• Waving
• Hat-raising or tipping
• Kissing on the hand or cheek
• Hongi
• Kowtow
• Namaste common greeting in Asia
• Roman salute
• Hugging is another one which is used all around the world
• clapping hands

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