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Can someone truly understand a culture without speaking its language?

For

Language carries values, humor, and beliefs.

Against

Culture can be experienced through art, food, and behavior.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • So much of culture lives in the nuances, humor, and expressions that just don't translate fully.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Language is culture.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • You can understand a lot about it, but just in a different way from learning about it throrugh and with its own language.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • I think I'm more familiar with their culture than modern youth culture in my own country now.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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