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Answer by Lèse majesté for language+region value of the HTML5 lang attribute

The W3C provides this very long guide on choosing language tags/subtags.The important bits:Language tag syntax is defined by the IETF's BCP 47. In the past it was necessary to consult lists of codes in...

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Answer by Jukka K. Korpela for language+region value of the HTML5 lang attribute

Using <html lang="fr-FR"> and <html lang="fr-CA"> is fine, if they correspond to the actual content. But they are ignored by search engines, just as <html lang="fr"> is.HTML5 does not...

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Answer by Su' for language+region value of the HTML5 lang attribute

[This isn't my strongest area, so I'm just citing documentation here, but it seems you've overlooked something.]The HTML5 spec requires that the lang value be a valid BCP 47 tag. In that document, the...

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language+region value of the HTML5 lang attribute

I'm working on a website which will offer localized content following the language+region approach as described on this W3.org page (e.g. fr-CA for Canadian French content, and fr-FR for "French...

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