A couple of customs people do are:

• To get someone's attention, I-Kiribati call out Neiko (Woman) or Nao (Man), even if the person's name is known

• Another one is in the outer islands kids call their parents by their given name but children in South Tarawa call their parents “daddy” and “mummy”

• Kiribati people do not usually shake each other's hands as a sign of greeting except for in official gatherings

Two polite phrases:

• People say Mauri as a greeting

• Another greeting is Ko naera? Which is a little more informal greeting which means: Where are you going?

Languages spoken:

• The Kiribati people speak a Micronesian dialect called Gilbertese, or Kiribati

They have a different language than we have here

Also the Kiribatian alphabet only has 13 letters