Lang
Widely available since 2018-01-29
The lang global HTML attribute defines the language of an element. It's used by assistive technology to correctly read the content, translation tools to select the origin language, and other applications.
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Browser support
- Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
- Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
- Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
- Safari ≤4 Released before 2009-06-08
- Safari on iOS ≤3.2 Released before 2010-04-03
Specifications
- HTML Standard (#attr-lang), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).