Intuitively I think the main advantage of pne language in favour of another woulde be that certain ideas are more easy to articulate and/or conceptualize in certain languages. A banal example would be the connection between love, magic and music in spanish look up the ethmology of cantar, ecantando and encantador for clarification. As I only speak indoeuropean languages, it could be that the grammar of other groups of languages would facilitate certain types of thought..
Agreed with respect to easier articulation of concepts. You may get most of the cognitive benefit in this exercise by simply familiarising yourself with Chinese idioms.
Intuitively I think the main advantage of pne language in favour of another woulde be that certain ideas are more easy to articulate and/or conceptualize in certain languages. A banal example would be the connection between love, magic and music in spanish look up the ethmology of cantar, ecantando and encantador for clarification. As I only speak indoeuropean languages, it could be that the grammar of other groups of languages would facilitate certain types of thought..
Agreed with respect to easier articulation of concepts. You may get most of the cognitive benefit in this exercise by simply familiarising yourself with Chinese idioms.