function language_attributes() {
        $output = '';
        if ( $dir = get_bloginfo('text_direction') )
                $output = "dir=\"$dir\"";
        if ( $lang = get_bloginfo('language') ) {
                if ( $dir ) $output .= ' ';
                if ( get_option('html_type') == 'text/html' )
                        $output .= "lang=\"$lang\"";
                else $output .= "xml:lang=\"$lang\"";
        }

        echo $output;
}