Salvete!
After taking a course this year about Babylonian, Sumerian and Akkadian religion, I would go for the beauty of these languages.
As an example, I give you the first lines of "Enuma Elish", also called "The History Of Creation", in a translation by L.W King (1902). The complete text can be found
here.
1. When in the height heaven was not named,
2. And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name,
3. And the primeval Apsû, who begat them,
4. And chaos, Tiamat, the mother of them both,--
5. Their waters were mingled together,
6. And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen;
7. When of the gods none had been called into being,
8. And none bore a name, and no destinies [were ordained];
9. Then were created the gods in the midst of [heaven],
10. Lahmu and Lahamu were called into being [...].
11. Ages increased, [...],
12. Then Anshar and Kishar were created, and over them [...].
13. Long were the days, then there came forth [...]
14. Anu, their son, [...]
15. Anshar and Anu [...]
16. And the god Anu [...]
17. Nudimmud, whom his fathers [his] begetters [...]
18. Abounding in all wisdom, [...]
19. He was exceeding strong [...]
20. He had no rival [...]
21. (Thus) were established and [were ... the great gods (?)].
And, Garrulus said:
Latin, of course. I opt for effeciency. What takes us 10 words in English requires 3 or 4 in Latin.
Here I would like to note that these languages, like Latin, also don't need many words to say something.
The Sumerian deity Nudimmud (epitheton for Enki) for example, whose name is composed of
nu (a prefix to announce a profession),
dim (meaning "to build, to make, to do") and
mud (meaning "to grow, to make vegetation grow"), could be translated as "the god that creates and makes things grow".
This mythological world and its stories were almost completely new to me, and I came to appreciate them very much.
Valete bene