Analise as asserções a seguir e a relação proposta entre elas.

I - No one knows how many languages have died since humans became able to speak, but it must be thousands; in many of these cases, the death has been caused by an ethnic group coming to be assimilated within a more dominant society, and adopting its language. The situation continues today, though the matter is being discussed with increasing urgency

BECAUSE

II - of the unprecedented rate at which indigenous languages are being lost, especially in North America, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia and parts of Africa.

Sobre as asserções é correto afirmar que