Rich languages

i got interested in the question which language was generally considered to be the richest in the world.

maybe it is sanskrit:

Sanskrit is the richest language in the world. There are often double or triple meanings in 1 word, so it is a very difficult language to learn, but a very expressive one.

or maybe it is english:

The Oxford English Dictionary has 615K words. 200k are in common use. Compare this to German, which has a total vocabulary of 185K words, and French, with fewer than 100K. There is no doubt that English has the most varied vocabulary in the world, but most use a very small portion of it to express themselves.

i have found myself in trouble discussing some concepts in my native language when i could explain them much better in english 🙂

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