1st Statement: "2/3 of the languages of the world will go in the 21st century"
By doing deep research in reliable sources, we proved that the statements mentioned in Terra 2050 were correct.
Source 1: http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/29-11-2007/101929-language-0/
The first source analyzed seems reliable because of the author, David Harrison, that is a linguist and a deputy director of Living Tongues Institute in the USA. He also makes reference to other professionals by quoting their own opinion. It seems he is an educated man that really knows what he is talking about so he convinces the reader about the reliability of the article.
In the article, David Harrison makes the reader understand the reasons of his declarations. He wrote that a language dies every two week and that most of the world population spoke 83 languages out of 7000. This means that there are many endangered languages since very few people speak the remaining 6917 languages.
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Source 2: http://worldfocus.org/blog/2010/03/03/cultures-around-the-world-at-risk-of-losing-their-languages/9925/
The second source analyzed is also reliable since it includes videos and reports from BBC, that is well-known. In addition the webpage is very organized, with diverse ways of delivering information to the reader such as text, images and reports.
UNESCO, a very important organization, includes in the article an interactive map of the whole world representing the endangered languages where the southern hemisphere and the usa are at higher risk of language disappearance.
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Source 3: http://lsadc.org/info/ling-faqs-endanger.cfm
I consider this source reliable since it has been written by the Linguistic Society of America and different sources are cited, such as National Geographic, showing that deep investigation has taken place. Besides, the article is informative, every point is explained through a question - answer format.
The article at first gives you an introduction of an endangered language and its corresponding explanation of cases of extinction, such as when the last person alive speaking a certain language, dies.
I consider this source reliable since it has been written by the Linguistic Society of America and different sources are cited, such as National Geographic, showing that deep investigation has taken place. Besides, the article is informative, every point is explained through a question - answer format.
The article at first gives you an introduction of an endangered language and its corresponding explanation of cases of extinction, such as when the last person alive speaking a certain language, dies.
2nd Statement: "Robots will be used around the home doing vacuum and cooking"
The selected source is an article from the New York Times that in the title clarifies that robots will cook in the future. I consider it a reliable source of information since it is one of the most important newspapers around the world, granting yourself from true data or facts that have been previously analyzed and corrected before being posted.
In the article mentioned, the author writes about a developed society were robots will cook for you taking into account your health conditions such as blood pressure and cholesterol level.
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Source 2: http://www.about-robots.com/cleaning-robots.html
I decided to keep on reading this second source because of the fact that the webpage is completely about robots so a very deep investigation must have taken place in order to post several articles. Besides, the text is very organized together with images related to the topic, showing dedication to the webpage design.
The article is based on the description of four different robots that can clean your house in a very efficient way, saving you time and effort. Everything will be much more easier and these robots may be scheduled to clean your house while your away or sleeping.
By: Valentín Mac Ardle & Paula Elías
Very good, please do the other statement also!
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