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All languages are the same in that they are all semiotic systems. However, not all languages are equal. All languages have the same potential, i.e., any language can be used to create and represent any meaning; however, this doesn’t mean that it does so at a given point in time. Languages that can be used to do more things can be considered more developed than others. So, while we are able to use English to write fiction and poetry, to carry out research and write legal texts, and to communicate with people around the world, etc., we are not currently able to perform all these functions in, say, Seraiki. This is not to say that Seraiki cannot do all this, it can; but the language has not yet been developed to do so. Both Seraiki and English have the same potential, but one is currently more developed than the other in that it can be used to do more things. It needs to be noted that the extent of a language’s development, or lack thereof, does not imply that speakers of one language or the other are better, smarter, or more developed — we are all essentially the same.
