officialLanguage

P236
predicate

Indicates that a particular language has been formally designated by an authority as the official language used for government, legal, or administrative purposes in a given jurisdiction.

All labels observed (178)

Label Occurrences
officialLanguage canonical 23,795
hasOfficialLanguage 16,380
languageOfAdministration 2,109

Sample triples (46,259)

Subject Object
Bengali Indian state of Assam (some districts) via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Telugu Andhra Pradesh via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Telugu Telangana via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Telugu Puducherry (parts) via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOfUnionTerritory"
surface form: Puducherry (Yanam region)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation English
African Union Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
African Union English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
African Union French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
African Union Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
African Union Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
African Union Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
African Union African languages via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Arabic
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation English
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation French
Central Province English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kigoma Region Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Kigoma Region English
Labrador English
Argentina Spanish
Argentina Spanish via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Union of South American Nations Spanish
Union of South American Nations Portuguese
Union of South American Nations English
Union of South American Nations Dutch
Union of South American Nations French
Union of South American Nations Indigenous languages of member states (symbolic recognition)
Ovalle Spanish
Virginia English
Kingdom of Scotland Scots
Kingdom of Scotland Scottish Gaelic
Kingdom of Scotland Latin
Denmark Danish
Ireland Irish
Ireland English
Ireland Irish via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Timor-Leste Tetum
Timor-Leste Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
University of Oxford English
Russian Empire Russian
The Hague Dutch
United Nations General Assembly Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations General Assembly Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations General Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations General Assembly French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations General Assembly Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations General Assembly Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
China Standard Chinese
China Standard Chinese
surface form: Mandarin Chinese
Berlin German