language

Node type: Element (may contain text and/or other elements)

Whitespace: Not protected

Definition

Identifies words that are in a language other than the principal language of the document.

Code Sample

<para paraID="4"><translit langCode="134" emphasize="yes">Aleph</translit> (<language langCode="134" emphasize="no">א</language>) is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.</para>

Display Sample

Aleph (א) is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Notes

Used for words that are rendered in their origial alphabet, not for transliterations (see translit).

May or may not be emphasized.

See Also

Marking in Microsoft Word

Use character styles such as the following:

language.yes.002   Spanish, emphasized
language.no.002   unemphasized
language.yes.059   Portuguese, emphasized
language.no.059   unemphasized
language.yes.140   French, emphasized
language.no.140   unemphasized
language.yes.150   German, emphasized
language.no.150   unemphasized
language.yes.134   Hebrew, emphasized
language.no.134   unemphasized
language.yes.103   Aramaic, emphasized
language.no.103   unemphasized
language.yes.450   Ancient Greek, emphasized
language.no.450   unemphasized
language.yes.000   English, emphasized
language.no.000   unemphasized
language.yes   All others, emphasized (set langCode in the XML)
language.no   unemphasized (set langCode and emphasize in the XML)