Many people think the best way to learn a culture is to learn the language of it. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In an age of cheap flights, streaming platforms and global migration, culture is often treated as something that can be consumed quickly, yet the deepest parts of it remain embedded in how people speak, joke, argue and remember. I largely agree that learning a language is the strongest route into a culture, although it should be combined with direct social experience rather than treated as a complete substitute for it.