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<code>lang()</code>
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<div class="header__reference">
<ul class="reference-list">
<li><a class="reference-list__link" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:lang">MDN reference</a></li>
<li><a class="reference-list__link" href="https://caniuse.com/#feat=mdn-css_selectors_lang">caniuse Support</a></li>
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<div class="example">
<p>
In this example, the quotation marks for each quote are generated by the <code>lang</code> attribute applied to each quote's wrapping <code>p</code> element:
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<div class="example__demo example__demo--lang">
<p lang="en">
<q>English quote</q>
</p>
<p lang="fr">
<q>French quote</q>
</p>
<p lang="ko">
<q>Korean quote</q>
</p>
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<aside>
<p>
<small>Here is <a href="https://www.tutorialrepublic.com/html-reference/html-language-codes.php">a good starting list for language codes</a>.</small>
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.example__demo--lang {
font-size: var(--size-epsilon);
// English
p:lang(en) {
color: var(--color-jaffa);
quotes: "\201C" "\201D" "\2018" "\2019" "\201C" "\201D" "\2018" "\2019";
}
// French
p:lang(fr) {
color: var(--color-hibiscus);
quotes: "\00AB" "\00BB" "\201C" "\201D" "\00AB" "\00BB" "\201C" "\201D";
}
// Korean
p:lang(ko) {
color: var(--color-fern);
quotes: "\300C" "\300D" "\300E" "\300F" "\300C" "\300D" "\300E" "\300F";
}
}
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