<language> characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text.
Attributes:
id specifies the identifier for the writing system declaration for this language (e.g. eng, fra, deu)
Datatype: ID
Values: should usually be a language identifier from ISO 639.
Default: #IMPLIED
wsd specifies the entity containing the writing system declaration used for representing texts in this language.
Datatype: ENTITY
Values: must be the name of an entity containing a full writing system declaration
Default: #IMPLIED
Note

The entity containing the writing system declaration will typically be an external file; it must be declared in the DTD.

usage specifies the approximate percentage (by volume) of the text which uses this language.
Datatype: NUMBER
Values: a whole number between 1 and 100
Default: #IMPLIED
Example
<language wsd=LA usage=100>Pig Latin
Note
Tagsetauxiliary tag set for TEI headers
Class
Filenameteihdr2
Content: Particularly for sublanguages, an informal prose characterization should be supplied as content for the element in addition to the specification implied by the WSD
ParentslangUsage writingSystemDeclaration
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT language      - O  (%phrase.seq)                      >
<!ATTLIST language           %a.analysis
                             %a.linking
                             %a.terminology
          n                  CDATA               #IMPLIED
          lang               IDREF               %INHERITED
                                                  
          rend               CDATA               #IMPLIED
          id                 ID                  #IMPLIED
          wsd                ENTITY              #IMPLIED
          usage              NUMBER              #IMPLIED       >
See 5.4.2

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