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<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>