Most definitely primitive. Which is why we need math, musical notation, sign language, programming languages etc etc. They all get created to overcome limitations of spoken language. And they all have their own advantages and disadvantages. And they are all constantly evolving.
Here's a psychologist Wendall Johnson's view explaining why people misunderstand things easily - “Our language is an imperfect instrument created by ancient and ignorant men. It is an animistic language that invites us to talk about stability and constants, about similarities and normal and kinds, about magical transformations, quick cures, simple problems, and final solutions. Yet the world we try to symbolize with this language is a world of process, change, differences, dimensions, functions, relationships, growths, interactions, developing, learning, coping, complexity. And the mismatch of our ever-changing world and our relatively static language forms is part of our problem.”
I agree, the interaction of languages helps us appreciate the world. And that's a useful quote from Wendell Johnson. It reminds me of Wittgenstein's words, "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world".
Here's a psychologist Wendall Johnson's view explaining why people misunderstand things easily - “Our language is an imperfect instrument created by ancient and ignorant men. It is an animistic language that invites us to talk about stability and constants, about similarities and normal and kinds, about magical transformations, quick cures, simple problems, and final solutions. Yet the world we try to symbolize with this language is a world of process, change, differences, dimensions, functions, relationships, growths, interactions, developing, learning, coping, complexity. And the mismatch of our ever-changing world and our relatively static language forms is part of our problem.”