Traditions and spoken expressions include a wide range of forms of cultural presentation, such as proverbs, riddles, stories, nursery rhymes, legends, myths, jokes, songs, poems, and magic. Knowledge, cultural and social values, and shared memories can be transmitted only with the help of traditions and oral expression.
Language carries and transmits the intangible cultural heritage of many communities. Languages live in songs and stories, riddles, and poems. The language’s protection and the inheritance of traditions of oral expressions are closely linked. Languages and dialects determine how stories or poems are told and also influence their content.