<a hreflang=””> HTML Attribute
- Attribute of
- <a> HTML Tag
- What does
<a hreflang=""> HTML Attribute
do? - Specifies the language of the linked resource.
Contents
Code Example
<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamenco" hreflang="es">Flamenco</a>
Language or Language and Region
Use hreflang
to specify the language using the relevant two-letter language code (ISO 639-1). You may also identify the country code, but this must come after the language code, and cannot be used by itself.
Language alone
Language and Country

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