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<a hreflang=””> HTML Attribute

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Attribute of
<a> HTML Tag
What does <a hreflang=""> HTML Attribute do?
Specifies the language of the linked resource.

Code Example

<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamenco" hreflang="es">Flamenco</a>
Flamenco

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

Flamenco

Language and Country

Flamenco

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