HTML lang
Published Mar 26, 2025
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The lang attribute is a global HTML attribute used to set the language of the element’s content. It helps browsers, screen readers, and translation tools understand how to process and present the text.
Syntax
<element lang="language-code"></element>
language-code: Sets the language code for the element’s content.
Example
The following example demonstrates the usage of the lang attribute:
<html lang="en"><head><title>My Website</title></head><body><p>Welcome to my website!</p></body></html>
The above code sets the language of the <html> element’s content to English (en).
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