Level AA · WCAG 2.0
3.1.2 Language of Parts
Passages in a different language declare that language.
Partly automated Some failures are detectable, others need judgement.
How it fails in practice
An English product name or a quoted French sentence inside German copy, read out with German pronunciation rules.
How to fix it
Wrap the passage and set lang on it. Proper nouns and terms that have entered the language do not need it.
At a glance
- Level
- Level AA — the level EN 301 549 requires, and therefore the level the BFSG and the EAA are measured against.
- Principle
- Understandable
- Guideline
- 3.1 Readable
- Added in
- WCAG 2.0
- EN 301 549
- 9.3.1.2
- Automated check
- Partly automated
Partly automated
How far an automated check gets
A tool finds some failures here and cannot see the rest. A clean automated result means the checks that exist found nothing — not that the criterion is met. This is the gap that makes a green scan look like an accessible site, and it is where our agents and a human reviewer do the remaining work.
Related criteria
Other criteria under the same guideline.
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