<language>

<language> (language) characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text. [2.4.2. Language Usage]

Module

header

Attributes

Attributes att.global (xml:id, n, xml:lang) (lim.att.global.fragmentable (part)) (att.global.rendition (rendition)) (att.global.source (source))

ident

(identifier) Supplies 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

usage

specifies the approximate percentage of the text which uses this language.

Status	Optional
Datatype	nonNegativeInteger

Contained by

header: langUsage

May contain

core: abbr choice date ellipsis emph foreign gap gloss hi lb mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num pb ptr q ref rs term time title

figures: figure

header: idno

lim: noteMarker rule

linking: linkGrp

msdescription: locusGrp

namesdates: addName affiliation forename genName geo location nameLink objectName orgName persName placeName roleName settlement surname

transcr: fw subst

character data

Note

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

Examples

<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>

Source

Github

<elementSpec module="header" ident="language">
   <gloss>language</gloss>
   <desc>characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text.</desc>
   <classes>
      <memberOf key="att.global"/>
   </classes>
   <content>
      <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
   </content>
   <attList>
      <attDef ident="ident" usage="req">
         <gloss>identifier</gloss>
         <desc>Supplies a language code constructed as defined in <ref target="https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47">BCP 47</ref> which is used to identify the
    language documented by this element, and which may be referenced by the global
     <att>xml:lang</att> attribute.</desc>
         <datatype>
            <dataRef key="teidata.language"/>
         </datatype>
      </attDef>
      <attDef ident="usage" usage="opt">
         <desc>specifies the approximate percentage of the text which uses this language.</desc>
         <datatype>
            <dataRef name="nonNegativeInteger"/>
         </datatype>
      </attDef>
   </attList>
</elementSpec>