A few language are increasingly spoken in different countries, while the usage of others is rapidly declining. Is this a positive or negative development?
It is true that a few languages are spoken by a majority of the Earth’s population whereas others are being left behind as the world becomes a homogenous, global society. In my opinion, there are both positive and negative effects.
On the one hand, the decline in the use of a language could have a negative impact on the language-speaking communities. Firstly, language is of great cultural importance. As a language is dying out, so too does the community’s culture and heritage. Written documents such as stories or myths will not be understood by the future generations or even the elderly are dying without passing on knowledge to their posterity. This will lead to a permanent disconnection between the young generations with their ancestors, therefore, a lack of a sense of identity would be inevitable.
On the other hand, the expansion of some languages could bring several benefits to individuals and the nation as a whole. Trading between countries will be immensely facilitated because communication has been improved. In terms of individuals, the dominance of some so-called international language could drive them to learn a different language apart from their mother tongue. This would greatly benefit them as a person since exposure to different languages and cultures will broaden their horizons and help them have a more objective outlook on the world.
In conclusion, while it is worrying that many languages are on the brink of extinction, the increasing popularity of others could be beneficial for society and individuals.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, if, look, so, therefore, whereas, while, apart from, in conclusion, such as, in my opinion, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 2.0 7.30460921844 27% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 24.0651302605 58% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1322.0 1615.20841683 82% => OK
No of words: 249.0 315.596192385 79% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.30923694779 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.97237131171 4.20363070211 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.16800019289 2.80592935109 113% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 176.041082164 84% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.59437751004 0.561755894193 106% => OK
syllable_count: 422.1 506.74238477 83% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.0119582876 49.4020404114 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.166666667 106.682146367 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.75 20.7667163134 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.4166666667 7.06120827912 162% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.220846294134 0.244688304435 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0775470925603 0.084324248473 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0488970509944 0.0667982634062 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.139310796121 0.151304729494 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0358263706294 0.056905535591 63% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 13.0946893788 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 50.2224549098 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.4159519038 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.13 8.58950901804 106% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 78.4519038076 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum 250 words wanted.
Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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