Element level language

Capture the language of the text in an element using the xml:lang attribute.

When the main language of an element differs from its parent element, capture an xml:lang attribute on that element with the corresponding lower-case code from the IANA language subtag type list .

The elements that allow to capture a language are:

abstract
alt-text
app
app-group
attrib
book
book-app
book-app-group
book-part
book-part-wrapper
boxed-text
caption
dedication
disp-quote
fn
fn-group
front-matter-part
kwd-group
label
list
list-item
named-content
p
sec
speech
statement
table-wrap
table-wrap-group
verse-group
verse-line

<book xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:lang="en">
  <!-- additional elements inserted -->
  <p xml:lang="it">
  Piacere di conoscerti.
  </p>