<textLang>

<textLang> (text language) in a manuscript description, describes the languages and writing systems identified within the manuscript being described. 10.6.6 Languages and Writing Systems
Module msdescription — 10 Manuscript Description
In addition to global attributes In addition to global attributes
mainLang (main language) supplies a code which identifies the chief language used in the manuscript.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.language"/>
data.language
Values a recognised language ‘tag’ generated according to BCP 47 which may additionally be documented by a language element in the header
otherLangs (other languages) one or more codes identifying any other languages used in the manuscript.
Status Optional
Datatype 0–∞ occurrences of  

<rng:ref name="data.language"/>
data.language
separated by whitespace
Values a list of codes, each of which is a recognised language ‘tag’ generated according to BCP 47 which may additionally be documented by a language element in the header
Used by
msContents msItemStruct model.msItemPart
May contain
analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m pc phr s span spanGrp w
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: abbr add address binaryObject cb choice corr date del distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss graphic hi index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num orig pb ptr ref reg rs sic soCalled term time title unclear
dictionaries: lang oRef oVar pRef pVar
figures: figure formula
gaiji: g
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident specDesc specList tag val
textcrit: app witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift restore space subst supplied surplus
verse: caesura rhyme
Declaration 

<rng:element name="textLang">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="mainLang">
   <rng:ref name="data.language"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="otherLangs">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:zeroOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="data.language"/>
    </rng:zeroOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element textLang
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute mainLang { data.language }?,
   attribute otherLangs { list { data.language* } }?,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
Example
<textLang mainLang="en" otherLangs="la"> Predominantly in English with Latin
glosses</textLang>
Note
Note that this element should not be used to document the languages or writing systems used for the description itself: as for all other TEI elements, such information should be provided by means of the global xml:lang attribute attached to the element containing the description. The same values should be used to identify languages and writing systems in all cases, and the codes used may be documented further in the language element.