HTML | lang Attribute - GeeksforGeeks

This attribute is used to specify the language of the element content. Some examples of languages are en for English, es for Spanish, etc.

Syntax:

<element lang = "language_code">

Attribute Value: This attribute contains single value language_code which is used to specify the language of content.

Difference between HTML 4.1 and HTML 5: In HTML 5, the lang attribute can be used with any HTML elements but in HTML 4.1 the lang attribute is used with <base>, <br>, <frame>, <frameset>, <hr>, <iframe>, <param>, and <script> elements.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>lang attribute</title> 
        <style> 
            body { 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
            h1 { 
                color:green; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <h2>lang attribute</h2> 
          
        <p lang = "en">A computer science portal for geeks</p> 
    </body> 
</html> 

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by lang attribute are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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