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<language>

language

characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text.

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Attributes

Global and inherited attributes:
att.global @xml:id@n@xml:lang@xml:base@xml:space
att.global.analytic @ana
att.global.change @change
att.global.facs @facs
att.global.linking @corresp@synch@sameAs@copyOf@next@prev@exclude@select
att.global.rendition @rend@style@rendition
att.global.responsibility @cert@resp
att.global.source @source
att.scope @scope
@identSupplies a language code constructed as defined in BCP 47 which is used to identify the language documented by this element, and which may be referenced by the global @xml:lang attribute.
Status
Required
Datatype
teidata.language
@usagespecifies the approximate percentage of the text which uses this language.
Status
Optional
Datatype
nonNegativeInteger

Classes and content

May contain

analysis

certainty

core

dictionaries

figures

header

iso-fs

linking

msdescription

namesdates

spoken

tagdocs

textcrit

transcr

Character data

  • character data
Contained by

header

Note

Particularly for sublanguages, an informal prose characterization should be supplied as content for the element.

Example

<langUsage>
  <language ident="en-US" usage="75">modern American English</language>
  <language ident="az-Arab" usage="20">Azerbaijani in Arabic script</language>
  <language ident="x-lap" usage="05">Pig Latin</language>
</langUsage>

Content model

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