Are some languages better than others?

澳大利亚人在全国各地说着几百种不同的土著和移民语言，认识到每种语言与其他语言的总体复杂性大致相同（但不完全相同）是很重要的。一个人可能有复杂的单词结构，而另一个人有简短的单词，但却有详细的规则将单词组合成句子。而且，在“政治正确”之上，许多澳大利亚人会有兴趣知道某种语言在特定目的（例如，商业业务）是否比其他语言更有效。

It is important for the Australian community - speaking several hundred different indigenous and immigrant languages across the nation - to realise that each language has approximately (but not precisely) the same overall complexity as every other. One may have intricate word structure, while another has short words but elaborate rules for putting words together to make sentences. And, striding above 'political correctness', many people in Australia will be interested to know whether a certain language is a little more efficient than certain other languages for a particular purpose (for example, commercial business).