Text Language

The language of the text or part of it.

Syntax

Any valid metadata key referring to the language followed by an equal sign = and a valid ISO 639 language code, enclosed within dollar signs $…$.

Overview

NotationSimplified ASTPaper Output
$kₘ=Cᵢ$WritingConv{language: LangCode(Cᵥ), …}
  • kₘ = any valid metadata key (listed below).
  • Cᵢ = ISO 639 language code.
  • Cᵥ = validated code.

Supported Metadata Keys and Values

KeyMeaningFormattingMinification
language, lang, llanguagelangl

Examples

NotationPaper Output
$lang=lat$ abc /
abc
$language=pal$ 𐭠𐭡𐭢 /
𐭠𐭡𐭢

EpiDoc Outputs

NotationEpiDoc (XML)
$lang=lat$ abc /
<ab xml:lang="lat">
    <lb/> abc</ab>
$language=pal$ 𐭠𐭡𐭢 /
<ab xml:lang="pal">
    <lb/> 𐭠𐭡𐭢</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

NotationAST
$lang=lat$ abc /
WritingConv(lang=lat)
WS
Plain("abc")
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$language=pal$ 𐭠𐭡𐭢 /
WritingConv(lang=pal)
WS
Plain("𐭠𐭡𐭢")
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