> The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis postulates that a person's language influences their perceptions and cognitive patterns. While this might be true to a certain ext

> The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis postulates that a person's language influences their perceptions and cognitive patterns. While this might be true to a certain extent [I personally doubt this hypothesis], the real limiter is how we can efficiently express or share the language with others. We are social creatures, after all, and we cannot thrive in a vacuum. If the language is too hard to learn among the general population - the ideas cannot be spread out and disseminated by others. Thus we can't engage in a positive feedback loop where ideas are also shared back to us (supposing as individuals, we only knew this language). That's my theory, anyways, and one of the reasons why English has been so successful - not because it's the "best" language [spoiler: it's not], but for all its flaws - it is relatively easy to learn and communicate (and express ideas) in.