# Language
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The following discussion applies to language identifiers applied to grammars. For more information, see [Language](https://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/#S2.7) in the *Speech recognition grammar specification version 1* W3C recommendation. 

By default a grammar is a single language document with a [language identifier](https://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/#term-language) provided in the language declaration in the [grammar header](https://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/#S4.1). All tokens within that grammar, unless otherwise declared, **will be handled according to the grammar's language**. Grammar-level language declarations **are not supported**.

In the following example:

1. The grammar header declaration for the language "en-US" **is supported** by Amazon Lex V2.

1. Item-level language attachment (highlighted in *red*) **is not supported**. Amazon Lex V2 throws a validation error if a language attachment is different from the header declaration.

```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE grammar PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD GRAMMAR 1.0//EN"
                  "http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/grammar.dtd">

<!-- the default grammar language is US English -->
<grammar xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar
                             http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/grammar.xsd"
         xml:lang="en-US" version="1.0">

  <!--
     single language attachment to tokens
     "yes" inherits US English language
     "oui" is Canadian French language
  -->
  <rule id="yes">
    <one-of>
      <item>yes</item>
      <item xml:lang="fr-CA">oui</item>
    </one-of>
  </rule>

  <!-- Single language attachment to an expansion -->
  <rule id="people1">
    <one-of xml:lang="fr-CA">
      <item>Michel Tremblay</item>
      <item>André Roy</item>
    </one-of>
  </rule>
</grammar>
```