Set your site’s language code

Set your site’s 2-letter language code.

Setting your site’s language code (also called an “ISO code” or “language tag”) lets you declare the natural (human) language of your site. This helps browsers, translation applications, and assistive technologies like screen readers accurately perform language tasks such as:

• Selecting correct accents and pronunciation in text-to-speech applications
• Grammar and spell-checking
• Translating web pages
• Applying appropriate fonts

You can use simple language codes (e.g., en for English or es for Spanish) or variant-specific language codes (e.g., en-US for American English, fr-CA for Canadian French). Using the most accurate language code ensures better support for regional spelling, grammar, and pronunciation.

How to set your site’s language code

Webflow Localization automagically sets your site’s language code according to locale. To set a language code for your site, set your site’s primary locale:

1. Open your site
2. Click the “globe” icon and choose Localization settings or go to Settings panel > Localization
3. Choose your primary locale language or language and country combination from the Primary locale dropdown
4. Click Save to save your primary locale settings
5. Click Save changes to save your localization settings
6. Publish your site

You can change your primary locale at any time.

Learn more about language codes in Webflow Localization.