mei:textLang 

(text language) – Identifies the languages and writing systems within the
work described by a bibliographic description, not the language of the
description.

Element Information

Model

(mei:address) | (mei:annot) | (mei:bibl) | (mei:date) | mei:abbr | mei:expan | (mei:identifier) | (mei:lb) | (mei:num) | mei:name | mei:corpName | mei:persName | (mei:repository) | (mei:geogName) | mei:rend | mei:stack | (mei:title) | (mei:fig) | mei:bloc | mei:country | mei:district | mei:geogFeat | mei:region | mei:settlement | mei:postBox | mei:postCode | mei:street | mei:periodName | mei:styleName | mei:ptr | mei:ref | mei:symbol
Children: mei:abbr, mei:address, mei:annot, mei:bibl, mei:bloc, mei:corpName, mei:country, mei:date, mei:district, mei:expan, mei:fig, mei:geogFeat, mei:geogName, mei:identifier, mei:lb, mei:name, mei:num, mei:periodName, mei:persName, mei:postBox, mei:postCode, mei:ptr, mei:ref, mei:region, mei:rend, mei:repository, mei:settlement, mei:stack, mei:street, mei:styleName, mei:symbol, mei:title

Attributes

QName Type Fixed Default Use Inheritable Annotation
analog xs:string optional 
Contains a reference to a field or element in another descriptive encoding
system to which this MEI element is comparable.
facs restriction of list of mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Permits the current element to reference a facsimile surface or image zone
which corresponds to it.
label xs:string optional 
Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any
string.
mainLang xs:language optional 
(main language) supplies a code which identifies the chief language used
in the bibliographic work.
n optional 
Provides a number-like designation for an element.
otherLangs restriction of list of xs:language optional 
(other languages) one or more codes identifying any other languages used
in the bibliographic work.
translit xs:NMTOKEN optional 
Specifies the transliteration technique used.
xml:base mei:mei_data.URI optional 
Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative
URI references into absolute URI references.
xml:id xs:ID optional 
Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links
between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique
value.
xml:lang xs:language optional 
Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this
attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of
private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI
header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value.

Used By

Element Group mei:mei_model.biblPart

Source 

<xs:element name="textLang">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>(text language) – Identifies the languages and writing systems within the work described by a bibliographic description, not the language of the description.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
  <xs:complexType mixed="true">
    <xs:group minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" ref="mei:mei_model.textphraseLike.limited"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.common.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.bibl.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.facsimile.attributes"/>
    <xs:attributeGroup ref="mei:mei_att.lang.attributes"/>
    <xs:attribute name="mainLang" type="xs:language">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>(main language) supplies a code which identifies the chief language used in the bibliographic work.</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
    </xs:attribute>
    <xs:attribute name="otherLangs">
      <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>(other languages) one or more codes identifying any other languages used in the bibliographic work.</xs:documentation>
      </xs:annotation>
      <xs:simpleType>
        <xs:restriction>
          <xs:simpleType>
            <xs:list itemType="xs:language"/>
          </xs:simpleType>
          <xs:minLength value="1"/>
        </xs:restriction>
      </xs:simpleType>
    </xs:attribute>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Sample