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<language>

<language> characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text. [2.4.2. Language Usage]
Moduleheader
AttributesAttributes att.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @rendition)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp))
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 is referenced by the global xml:lang attribute.
Status Required
Datatype data.language
usage
Status Optional
Contained by
header: langUsage
May contain
core: abbr date email emph foreign gap hi lb mentioned name note num ptr ref soCalled term title
figures: figure
header: idno
namesdates: affiliation forename orgName roleName surname
tagdocs: att code gi ident tag val
Declaration
element language
{
   attribute ident { data.language },
   attribute usage { text }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}
Example
<langUsage>
 <language ident="en-US" usage="75">modern American English</language>
 <language ident="i-az-Arab" usage="20">Azerbaijani in Arabic script</language>
 <language ident="x-lap" usage="05">Pig Latin</language>
</langUsage>
Note

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