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Usage

Values

HTML 5 says, "The lang 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 RFC 3066 language code, or the empty string."

Elements

You can use the lang attribute on any element.

Browser compatibility

Compatibility table legend

| Test | IE8 | IE7 | IE6 | FF3 | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9 | Chrome | |:---------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:---------|:--------|:-----------| | div.lang reflects <div lang="en"> | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |

Further reading

• The lang attribute in HTML 5
• The lang attribute in HTML 4
• The lang attribute on MSDN
• The history of the lang attribute on blooberry.com