<langKnown>

<langKnown> (language known) summarizes the state of a person's linguistic competence, i.e., knowledge of a single language. [16.2.2 The Participant Description]
Module namesdates — Names, Dates, People, and Places
Attributes
calendar⚓︎ indicates one or more systems or calendars to which the date represented by the content of this element belongs.
Deprecated This feature will be withdrawn after 2024-11-11
Status Optional
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of teidata.pointer separated by whitespace
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:*[@calendar]">
<sch:assert test="string-length( normalize-space(.) ) gt 0"> @calendar indicates one or more
systems or calendars to which the date represented by the content of this element belongs,
but this <sch:name/> element has no textual content.</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
tag⚓︎ supplies a valid language tag for the language concerned.
Status Required
Datatype teidata.language
Note

The value for this attribute should be a language ‘tag’ as defined in BCP 47.

level⚓︎ a code indicating the person's level of knowledge for this language
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.word
Contained by
namesdates: langKnowledge
May contain
Example
<langKnown tag="en-GBlevel="H">British English</langKnown>
<langKnown tag="frlevel="M">French</langKnown>
Example
<person sex="mrole="speaker collaborator">
<!-- other details omitted -->
 <langKnowledge>
  <langKnown tag="mix">Mixtepec-Mixtec</langKnown>
  <langKnown tag="en">English</langKnown>
  <langKnown tag="es">Spanish</langKnown>
 </langKnowledge>
</person>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
<rng:element name="langKnown">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.w3c.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.iso.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.custom.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.editLike.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="calendar">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="teidata.pointer"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="tag">
  <rng:ref name="teidata.language"/>
 </rng:attribute>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="level">
   <rng:ref name="teidata.word"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>
element langKnown
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   att.datable.attributes,
   att.datable.w3c.attributes,
   att.datable.iso.attributes,
   att.datable.custom.attributes,
   att.editLike.attributes,
   attribute calendar { list { teidata.pointer+ } }?,
   attribute tag { teidata.language },
   attribute level { teidata.word }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}