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See ReportThe default language (human, not programming) of the page content should be specified in the page so that user agents can figure it out. Usually, this is done via the lang
attribute of the element. It lets screen readers load the proper pronunciation rules, and allows visual browsers to display characters more accurately.
3.1.1 Language of Page: The default human language of each Web page can be programmatically determined.
<html lang="en">
; a French page would use <html lang="fr">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
; a French page would use <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">
;<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
; a French page would use <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="fr">