How will the AINA project save the Catalan language?

The AINA project, in collaboration with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, aims to ensure the digital survival of the Catalan language.

It will create linguistic resources for AI-driven applications in Catalan, preventing the language's extinction in the digital age.

With a budget of €13.5M, financed by NextGenerationEU funds, AINA will develop language and speech models, enabling natural interaction in Catalan.

The project's first phase involves a massive corpus of Catalan text, while subsequent stages include neural networks to generate language models.

AINA aligns with Catalonia's digital strategy, prioritizing the language's presence in AI interfaces.

The project, named after linguist Aina Moll, combines language and technology to secure Catalan's place in the digital realm.