The best way to learn a culture is to learn its language. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Culture is not only found in museums, festivals, or traditional food; it lives in the everyday ways people greet one another, joke, argue, apologize, and tell stories. Since language carries many of these habits, learning a language is one of the most powerful ways to understand a culture. I largely agree that it is the best route into cultural understanding, although it should be combined with direct experience and historical knowledge.