HTML DOM lang Property
Element ObjectDefinition and Usage
The lang property sets or returns the language of an element.
Syntax
HTMLElementObject.lang=language-code
Browser Support
All major browsers support the lang property
Example
Example
Return the language of an element:
<html>
<body id="myid" lang="en-us">
<script>
var x=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
document.write("Body language: " + x.lang);
document.write("<br>");
document.write("An alternate way: ");
document.write(document.getElementById('myid').lang);
</script>
</body>
</html>
<body id="myid" lang="en-us">
<script>
var x=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
document.write("Body language: " + x.lang);
document.write("<br>");
document.write("An alternate way: ");
document.write(document.getElementById('myid').lang);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output result:
Body language: en-us
An alternate way: en-us
An alternate way: en-us
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