HTML DOM lang Attribute
Definition and Usage
The lang attribute sets or returns the language of the element.
Syntax:
object.lang=language-code
Example
This example demonstrates two methods to get the language of the <body> element:
<html>
<body id="myid" lang="en-us">
<script type="text/javascript">
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>
