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<langKnown>

language known

summarizes the state of a person's linguistic competence, i.e., knowledge of a single language.

Module namesdatesCCAHPA

Attributes

@tagsupplies a valid language tag for the language concerned.
Status
Required
Datatype
teidata.language
@levela code indicating the person's level of knowledge for this language.
Status
Optional
Datatype
teidata.word

Classes and content

May contain

dictionaries

header

textcrit

Character data

  • character data
Contained by

namesdates

Examples

<langKnown tag="en-GB" level="H">British English</langKnown>
<langKnown tag="fr" level="M">French</langKnown>
<person sex="m" role="speaker collaborator">
  <!-- other details omitted -->
  <langKnowledge>
    <langKnown tag="mix">Mixtepec-Mixtec</langKnown>
    <langKnown tag="en">English</langKnown>
    <langKnown tag="es">Spanish</langKnown>
  </langKnowledge>
</person>

Content model

<content>
    <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
  </content>