Language, savants, animals and thought

At first this article might look like a slightly esoteric bit of brain science about animal and human brains and minds. However, it has important consequences for the way that language is significant for human development. Do Animals Think Like Autistic Savants?: "Since animals do not have verbal language, they have to store memories as pictures, sounds, or other sensory impressions.' And sensory-based information, she says, is inherently more detailed than word-based memories. 'As a person with autism, all my thoughts are in photo-realistic pictures,' she explains. 'The main similarity between animal thought and my thought is the lack of verbal language.'"
Which would make the taxonomic dimension of human language pretty significant. The information loss of language is one of the significant features enabling rapid information transfer. I'm wondering how this interrelates with the detailed memories in the AS-person like Grandin but that's maybe a less-important issue for the focus on the effects of language on human mind and cognition.

It also occurs to me that this seems to give potential confirmation to the MBTI distinction between people who prefer to perceive detail first and those who prefer ideas to be in the lead role (between S's and N's respectively).