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Abstract

The aim of this article is to reflect on the connexion between the 2030 Agenda’s Sustain-able Development Goals (SDG) and language diversity. Languages are tightly connected to the 17 goals proposed by the United Nations, but there is no explicit mention of them in the agenda. In or-der to give visibility to languages and the need to consider them for sustainable development, a «17+1» proclamation is made and arguments are made about the purpose of languages (goal 18). Based on the reflection on linguistic diversity and multilingualism, and taking as an example the 4th goal of sustaina-ble development (education), the importance of language as an agent of development is studied. A short list of meta-objectives for the 18th SDG is provided to highlight the so-called «17+1» claim. Some con-clusions are also drawn the most important one being that language should appear as a goal as it is the most indispensable and important tool for achieving these goals.