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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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