"I think you are perhaps dodging my hypothetical question by resorting instead to the usual busy flow of mentalizing about various details and apparent differences which words involve."

*sigh*... I am quite aware of what you were discussing....I merely added a qualifying comment, and THEN I went on to respond to your hypothesis/question about NOT having language.
YOU made the connection in your two paragraphs....first wondering about NO words, then saying "I've been in situations more or less like that with people who didn't know any English, and I didn't know their language either.

If you considered the situation of 'not knowing any English' to be 'more or less like that', my response was perfectly appropriate. If you didn't mean that, your point was not totally clear.....and since I was not there to watch you face and hear the tone in your voice and ASK you to explicate your point, why I just plowed ahead, 'mentalizing about various details ' and replied as best my limited understanding could manage.

Perhaps I shall someday learn to intuit intended meaning thru hyperspace connections and avoid such egregious misunderstandings... ☺