To expand on Yilun

There are definitely some distinctions in the effect and "power" between languages, for example lets consider the language of LATIN and English. You may say to yourself right now, "Latin is dead, what is so good about it," but i would have to contradict you, I would have to say that Latin provides more description, precision, and accuracy when it comes to describing an object. This is so important because one major point of language is to communicate to another the full entirety of an object, which is more difficult when using mere English.
Look at science for example, all the specie names of all organisms are recorded in the Latin language. This is not for the purpose to create another medium of some obscure knowledge, but instead it presents more background on the object being describe, it sometimes reveals past thoughts or beliefs, chemical makeup, and most importantly physical descriptions that you just can't get from the English name.
For example, the plant Cat's Claw, what does that mean?, does it mean that the plant is a cat's claw bearing plant, now lets look at the Latin name for Cat's Claw, Uncaria tomentosa, with this Latin name you can derive that the plant is hook like and that some part of of it is woolly or fuzzy like, in this case the leaves. This definition and description could be no way, no how received, when all you get is "Cat's Claw," forcing you to do more research than you would have to when you get the Latin name. What im saying is that some languages provide a reduction in obscurity than other languages, that some languages provide more than others.