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## Title

    [AI SDK @ai-sdk/openai generateSpeech] language parameter ignored: warning 'OpenAI speech models do not support language selection. Language parameter "<x>" was ignored.'

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): OpenAI's speech endpoint has no language parameter; the provider drops it and warns.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel/ai/5d12eaa6caa193d3901cbab98a734403eb6bf622/packages/openai/src/speech/openai-speech-model.ts (github_issue, unknown, documented_behavior): Source: if language is set, pushes an 'unsupported' warning: `OpenAI speech models do not support language selection. Language parameter "${language}" was ignored.`
    
    Search phrasings: OpenAI speech models do not support language selection; ai sdk tts language ignored openai; generateSpeech language parameter was ignored
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "The language setting has no effect; the spoken language/accent follows the text (and instructions), with only a warning in result.warnings.",
      "context": "Product: Vercel AI SDK (@ai-sdk/openai)\nComponent: OpenAI speech (TTS) model\nOperation: generateSpeech({ model: openai.speech(...), text, language: 'de' })\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nTrigger: Passing the provider-agnostic language option to an OpenAI TTS model.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "OpenAI speech models do not support language selection. Language parameter"
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        "body": "Recommended action: Write the text in the target language and, for gpt-4o-mini-tts, steer accent/language via the instructions option.\n\nOption: Remove language [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nSteps:\n1. Use instructions for accent/language\nExpected: The call succeeds or the failure is handled deliberately.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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