Specifying webpage language

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how can I specify the language of my website in HTML? I read that you can either use a meta tag or specify inside the <html> tag, which one is better? If there is any other way, please specify it.

Possible duplicate of What's the difference between the lang attribute and the <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-US"> tag? — Gerald Schneider
– Gerald Schneider, Commented Dec 1, 2015 at 13:57

Madara's Ghost · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-24 00:32:31Z

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You would use the lang= attribute on the <html> element.

answered Nov 24, 2015 at 0:32

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Madara's Ghost Over a year ago

@JaceLee: stackoverflow.com/questions/4436541/…

Jace Lee Over a year ago

So let me get this straight, the lang= in the <html> is to say what language the page is written in, the <meta> is for saying what the language is going to be output as?

Jace Lee Over a year ago

Nevermind that, seems that the meta is obsolete, so I'll use <hrml lang="en"> for now, until something goes wrong. Thanks

Jace Lee Over a year ago

Instead of using the tag, is it possible to add a line of code into the .htaccess file for that?

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