HTML - language (lang|xml:lang) attribute

About

The lang attribute can specified:

• in no namespace
• in the XML namespace

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Namespace

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In no namespace, the language attribute specifies the primary language for the element's contents and for any of the element's attributes that contain text.

Its value must be:

• a valid BCP 47 language tag,
• or the empty string (unknown primary language)

The lang attribute is a global attributes.

Xml

The lang attribute is also defined in the XML namespace.

The lang attribute in the XML namespace xml:lang may be used:

• on HTML elements in XML documents,
• as well as elements in other namespaces if the relevant specifications allow it.

The following specifications allow lang attributes in the XML namespace to be specified on their elements).

• MathML
• SVG

Documentation / Reference

• The lang and xml:lang attributes