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Revision 1098263 by Jeremie on July 29, 2016 at 5:39:15 AM PDT

Title:

Content-Language

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Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Language

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"HTTP" "Headers" "Reference" "Headers"

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n	11	The <strong><code>Content-Language</code></strong> entity h	n	11	The <strong><code>Content-Language</code></strong> {{Glossa
	>	eader is used to describe the language(s) intended for the audien		>	ry("entity header")}} is used to describe the language(s) intende
	>	ce, so that it allows a user to differentiate according to the us		>	d for the audience, so that it allows a user to differentiate acc
	>	ers' own preferred language.		>	ording to the users' own preferred language.
n	55	Multiple language tags are separated by comma. Each langu	n	55	Multiple language tags are separated by comma. Each langu
	>	age tag is a sequence of one or more case-insensitive subtags, ea		>	age tag is a sequence of one or more case-insensitive subtags, ea
	>	ch separated by a hyphen character ("-", %x2D). In most cases, a		>	ch separated by a hyphen character ("<code>-</code>", <code>%x2D<
	>	language tag consists of a primary language subtag that identifie		>	/code>). In most cases, a language tag consists of a primary lang
	>	s a broad family of related languages (e.g., "en" = English), whi		>	uage subtag that identifies a broad family of related languages (
	>	ch is optionally followed by a series of subtags that refine or n		>	e.g., "<code>en</code>" = English), which is optionally followed
	>	arrow that language's range (e.g., "en-CA" = the variety of Engli		>	by a series of subtags that refine or narrow that language's rang
	>	sh as communicated in Canada).		>	e (e.g., "<code>en-CA</code>" = the variety of English as communi
				>	cated in Canada).
n			n	58	<div class="note">
				59	<p>
				60	<strong>Note:</strong> Language tags are formaly defined
				>	in <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5646">RFC 5646</a>, wh
				>	ich relay on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639">
				>	ISO 639</a> standard (quite often the <a href="https://en.wikiped
				>	ia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes">ISO 639-1 code list</a>) for
				>	<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_code">language c
				>	odes</a> to be used.
				61	</p>
				62	</div>
t			t	79	<!-- /!\ This is bad pratice -->

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