CSS :lang Selector

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Example

Select and style every <p> element with a lang attribute value equal to "it" (Italian):

p:lang(it) {
background: yellow;
}

Definition and Usage

The :lang() selector is used to select elements with a lang attribute with the specified value.

Note: The lang attribute value is most often a two-letter language code, like lang="fr" (for French), or two language codes combined, like lang="fr-ca" (for Canadian French).

Version:	CSS2

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the selector.

Selector
:lang()	4.0	8.0	2.0	3.1	9.6

CSS Syntax

:lang(languagecode) {
css declarations;
} Demo

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