why do people with amnesia not forget their primary language?

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why do people with amnesia not forget their primary language?

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Different parts of the brain governs different functions of the brain, so if the part that’s for long or short term memory is damaged, there’s tons of other parts that can still be working properly, like emotional connections, learned or ‘muscle’ memory, and language centers. [There’s a fascinating case of a man who lost short term memory retention, but still plays the piano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Wearing). It’s kind of like having working off only RAM, but your hard drive stopped working.