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From: Mobins Thomas
Date: Mon, Mar 11 2013 1:00AM
Subject: Html Lang attribute
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By default my website language is English and no other language is used.Is it necessary to specify html lang attribute?
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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: Mon, Mar 11 2013 1:49AM
Subject: Re: Html Lang attribute
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2013-03-11 9:00, Mobins Thomas wrote:

> By default my website language is English and no other language is
> used.Is it necessary to specify html lang attribute?

You should declare the lang attribute for every HTML document, for the
reasons explained in WCAG 2.0:
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/meaning-doc-lang-id.html

They apply equally well to English.

Yucca