<language> identifies the language being described in the writing system declaration.
Attributes:
iso639 gives the standard language code from ISO 639.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: any two- or three-letter code included included in ISO 639; if the language is not included in the list in ISO 639, the value should be given as the empty string.
Default: #REQUIRED
Note
Example 
<language iso639=''>Various</language>
<language iso639=GRC>Classical Greek</language>
Note

In general, the `language' associated with a given writing system declaration will be a natural language; it may however be a dialect, an artificial language, or some other semiotic system conveniently treated as a language.

The content of the <language> element is a description in prose of what language the WSD describes. Usually this will simply be the conventional name of the language; more information may however be included as needed.

Specialized writing system declarations which document a public character set or entity set suitable for encoding several languages, and which are intended for use as a base component within other language-specific writing system declarations, should identify the <language> to which they apply as ``Various''. Such writing systems should not be used directly by encoded texts; they should be named only in the <baseWSD> element of language-specific writing system declarations.

Tagsetauxiliary tag set for writing system declarations
Class
Filenameteiwsd2
Content: May contain character data only.
ParentslangUsage writingSystemDeclaration
Children#PCDATA
Declaration
<!ELEMENT language      - O  (#PCDATA)                          >
<!ATTLIST language           %a.global
          iso639             CDATA               #REQUIRED      >
See 25.2 ; 25.1

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