<refentry id="latex.index.language">

  <refmeta>

    <refentrytitle>latex.index.language</refentrytitle>

  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>

    <refname><parameter>latex.index.language</parameter></refname>

    <refpurpose>Force the language to use for index sorting</refpurpose>

  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>

    <programlisting>

      <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="syn/latex.index.language.xml"/>

    </programlisting>

  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsection>

    <title>Description</title>

    <para>This parameter forces the use of the specified index language whatever

the document language is. The index language is used by some index tools like 

<command>xindy</command> that

builds and sorts the index list. Read <xref linkend="sec-index"/> for more

information about index building.</para>

  </refsection>

  <refsection>

    <title>See Also</title>

    <para><parameter>latex.index.tool</parameter>.</para>

  </refsection>

</refentry>