Yes, that is an accurate account of the power of language.
Language is the single greatest accomplishment in human history.
We use language so much in everything we do on an everyday basis that we often take this vital form of communication for granted. Language not only allows us to convey ideas, thoughts, and expressions to each other but it also shapes the way we think in light of what language we interpret from each other. All the progress civilization has made in during human existence could not have been accomplished without language. Other forms of basic communication, such as jestures, drawings, sign language, and other symbolic representation, were in use long before the first languages was developed, but they could never convey the thoughts and ideas as effective as spoken or written language. We gain great insight into the a speaker's intentions by the facial expression, stress, and body language from spoken word, as the BodyChat article discussed.