Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette

Welcome to our Chile Guide. This will help to study people who want to better understand Chilean culture, customs, etiquette, etiquette, values ​​and people. You can travel to Chile on a business trip to visit Chilean colleagues and customers in your country. Remember, this is a very basic introduction, not to make all the Chileans you encounter stereotypical!

Spanish is the official language of Chile. There are also many indigenous languages ​​such as Mapudungun (talking between Itata River and Tolten River) and Aymara (talking in the mountain in the north).

The more mature generations of the Chile are still celebrating the days of the saints like their own birthday

Large families are very intimate and often gather at important events and celebrations.

Because of the class structure, people often try and infer other people's positions in the social class.

"Buenos Diaz" (Good Morning), "Buena Tarde" (Good Morning), or "Buenos Nosh" (Good evening)

Between friends and family, things will relax and become quirky - men can hug their backs and slap, but women will kiss once on the right face

Like many South Americans, the Chileans use both the mother's surname and the father's last name. The father's last name is displayed first. This is the last name used in the conversation.

When talking to older people who have personal relationships with you, their names are sometimes called "Tang" (male) or "Donna" (female).

Because Chile has a relationship-driven culture, it is important to use the first meeting to build relationships and build confidence. Do a non-commercial discussion over time and wait for the other party to change the topic

The progress of the meeting is not necessarily linear. The schedule structure is not very good, and you can solve the problem at the same time.

Since time is not important in Chile, it is important that you be patient.

Since no decision is made at the meeting, it is important to provide all necessary information during the meeting.

Communication with Chileans is usually indirect, but if it is emotional it will be very dynamic and confident.

Communication style tends to adjust the emotions of people. Usually avoid avoiding conflicts so as not to endanger the honor and dignity of others - so you need to read between the two lines to fully understand the true meaning.

Learn about local customs. With regard to customer service, works controlled in a country may not be available in other countries due to cultural differences, languages ​​and health and safety regulations. Format, business etiquette, how to solve the problem - all of which can be your extension plan or weakened

Table manners evolve in different cultures and may vary greatly depending on country, country and culture. To some extent, culture has penetrated all cultural practices, including table manners. Table manners include customs and rules that lead socially acceptable diet. It combines the use and display of dishes and fixtures, the way people eat food, and the way they sit and eat. It is important for some table manners, but for many people, meals are more coincidental events and only the most basic customs can be observed (Pollock, 2013). Most etiquette education is accepted during the growth of family and teacher, because in some cultures the class is traditional. The rules of meal etiquette are very different around the world.

What is the relationship between morality and etiquette? Etiquette is in cultural practice, but since culture can prosper with different etiquette codes, they are usually morally neutral. In our culture we eat with a knife and a fork, but the culture which we eat with chopsticks and fingers is equally ethical. Notes 1. Martin Granberg, "38 people who saw the murder were not police" on March 27, 1964, the New York Times. 2. The term "norm" means trying to make a certain kind of behavior normative or standard in society. The Webster University Dictionary defines it as "related to, compliance with, or specifying a specification or standard". 3. "American Ethics", PBS, created by Fred Friendly in 1989