Mathematics is a language
The Sapir-Whort hypothesis states that you can't discuss a concept if you don't have the language to describe it.
In any science, we need to describe concepts. For example, one can describe an electron, but the moment we ask questions like "What colour is it?" English falls short in describing it.
The colour of an object depends on the wavelengths of light reflected by it. So, an electron has no colour or all colours. The question is meaningless. But in answer to how it behaves, we have an accurate equation written down by Paul Dirac in 1928.
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