Relationship between Language and Culture

“If culture was a house, then language was the key to the front door, to all the rooms inside”

Khaled Housseini

Language as one element of culture has a very important role in human life. Language allows a person communicating with others in meeting their needs. Culture is the whole communication system that binds and allows operation of a set of people called the public. Thus culture can be defined as a "system of rules of communication and interaction that allows a society occurs, preserved, and preserved". The relationship between language and culture language is the primary vehicle of communication. Language also reflects both the personality of the individual and the culture of his history. In turn, it helps shape both personality and culture. Language makes possible the growth and transmission of culture, the continuity of societies, and the effective functioning and control of social group.