system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: When someone loses their memory, why do they not forget the language they speak in?
gpt
There are different parts of the brain that handle different jobs. The part of the brain that handles long-term memory is different from the part of the brain that handles language. So, if someone's long-term memory part of the brain gets damaged, that doesn't necessarily mean that their language skills are impacted.