- Declaring language in HTML
When serving XHTML 1 x or polyglot pages as text html, use both the lang attribute and the xml:lang attribute together every time you want to set the language The xml:lang attribute is the standard way to identify language information in XML
- What is the lang attribute of the lt;html gt; tag used for?
9 The lang attribute is needed by screen readers to let them pronounce words correctly, and also (perhaps surprisingly) sometimes needed to allow text to be rendered correctly by the browser lang needed for speech synthesis Some blind or visually impaired people use speech-synthesizing screen readers that speak the words on the screen
- Working with language in HTML (tutorial)
This tutorial gathers together and organizes pointers to articles that, taken together, help you understand the essential aspects of how to work with language information when authoring HTML and CSS In a nutshell Always add a lang attribute to the html tag to set the default language of your page
- Why use the language attribute?
The lang (or sometimes the xml:lang ) attribute specifies the natural language of the content of a web page An attribute on the html tag sets the language for all the text on the page If part of the page uses text in a different language, you can add a language attribute with a different value to the element that surrounds that content
- H57: Using the language attribute on the HTML element | WAI | W3C
The objective of this technique is to identify the default language of a document by providing the lang attribute on the html element Identifying the language of the document is important for a number of reasons: It allows braille translation software to substitute control codes for accented characters, and insert control codes necessary to prevent erroneous creation of Grade 2 braille
- Language information and text direction
The lang attribute's value is a language code that identifies a natural language spoken, written, or otherwise used for the communication of information among people
- HTTP headers, meta elements and language information
In addition to the lang (and or xml:lang) attribute on the html tag, you may come across language information in HTML meta elements, or in the HTTP header which is served with an HTML page Here we look at whether these are useful when declaring language for HTML content, and if so, how they should be used This article is (specifically) about language declarations in HTTP headers and meta
- Define multiple languages in html root elements lang attribute?
The lang and xml:lang attributes do not allow you to assign multiple languages to a single document So if you're writing a Web page with multiple languages you have two options: Define a primary language with the lang attribute, and then call out the secondary language (s) with lang attributes on elements in the document
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