Enabling additional official languages in the EU for 2025 with language-centred Artificial Intelligence

This special issue of 'De Europa' journal is the outcome of an interdisciplinary multilingual reflection carried out on research into linguistic rights, multilingualism and language varieties in Europe in the age of artificial intelligence. Its aim was to investigate more generally the negative and/or positive outcomes of AI on language varieties and multilingualism, the latter a key value for the EU. Our chapter presents instances where new technological tools are proving beneficial for under-resourced languages like Basque; (2) describe current research and development projects that afford a glimpse of the next scientific breakthroughs; and (3) put forward ideas for taking full advantage of technological advances which would promote under-resourced languages in Europe.