JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select id="lang" class="language" name="language">
   <option langv="en" value="en">English</option>
   <option langv="fr" value="fr">French</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$('#lang').on('click', 'option', function() {
    alert($(this).val());
});