Claim #1 - A New Language
Emojis had come to life in 1990s Japan where it had soon established its own individual fame in the world as it was a "utopian idea" of pictorial language that could be understand by every human being on Earth. Originally, it was inspired by manga art and the Kanji characters, but was officially created by Shigetaka Kurita who had signed off to allow it to be used in the Japanese mobile networks DoCoMo. The article, when discussing it in this manner, subtly suggests that this was a new language brought to people as it could convey stories such as can be seen in its 'translation' from Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" (calling it "Emoji Dick"), that many have noted that the translation is quite accurate. Therefore, it can be said that like any translation into French or Tagalog, the article raises the question whether it can become its own one day with the same prestige as already-existing languages.
Claim #2 - An Addition to Language
The second claim suggests that it is an addition to our language. What is meant by this is that it adds emotion and (sometimes) context to an email or any piece of writing where words cannot reach that replication of thought. For example, if one were to write that "the jam is made", one would not know whether the person is excited or bored writing has no clear tone as vocal speech does. Hence, the reason why it adds to conversation as smiley-faces or the devil emoticon permit readers to interpret the emotion of the person on the other end; therefore, leaving less area for misinterpretation. In conclusion, emojis have added a sort of playfulness to language as the article sates that it "cushions the impact of criticism". From this, it is suffice to question whether language should be kept formal as done pre-Kurita, or regard it as just a form of communication where its about getting the message across simply.
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