The DefaultLanguage directive tells Apache that all files in
the directive's scope (e.g., all files covered by the
current <Directory> container) that don't have
an explicit language extension (such as .fr or
.de as configured by AddLanguage) should be
considered to be in the specified MIME-lang language. This
allows entire directories to be marked as containing Dutch content,
for instance, without having to rename each file. Note that unlike
using extensions to specify languages, DefaultLanguage
can only specify a single language.
If no DefaultLanguage directive is in force, and a file does not have any language extensions as configured by AddLanguage, then that file will be considered to have no language attribute.
See also:
mod_negotiation
See also: Files with
multiple extensions