Mobile and accessibility

Declare the language of your page

Why this matters

Screen readers speak page text aloud. Declaring its language helps them choose the right pronunciation.

What to do

1. Check the main language of the homepage's text. Select that language in your website settings if available.
2. Set the html element's lang attribute to that language, for example <html lang="en-GB"> for British English. This is the language setting on the outermost element of the page code.
3. What to tell your web developer: Please declare the correct page language with the html element's lang attribute, using en-GB if the page is in British English.

How to check the fix

Run the checker again and look for a page language pass. Confirm the declared language matches the text; the checker only checks that a value is present.