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lang property

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Specifies or returns the language of the element.

The value of the lang property is used by user agents to choose language-specific quotations, numbers and glyphs, but it also helps spell checkers and search engines.

Syntax:

object.lang;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read/write.

HTML page for this property: lang

Possible values:

String that sets or retrieves the language code. For more information about language codes click here.

Default: this property has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the lang attribute:

<span lang="en">Welcome</span>
<span lang="fr">Bienvenue</span>

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the lang property:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetLang () {
            var span = document.getElementById ("mySpan");
            alert (span.lang);
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <span id="mySpan" lang="en">Welcome</span>

    <button onclick="GetLang ();">Get lang!</button>
</body>