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
Indo-Aryan languages Pakistan via predicate surface "usedAsOfficialLanguageIn"
Indo-Aryan languages People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) via predicate surface "usedAsOfficialLanguageIn"
surface form: Bangladesh
Indo-Aryan languages Nepal via predicate surface "usedAsOfficialLanguageIn"
Indo-Aryan languages Sri Lanka via predicate surface "usedAsOfficialLanguageIn"
Indo-Aryan languages Maldives via predicate surface "usedAsOfficialLanguageIn"
Indo-Aryan languages Fiji via predicate surface "usedAsOfficialLanguageIn"
Florida Senate English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khmer Cambodia via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Summer Olympics 2012
surface form: 2012 Summer Olympics
English
Summer Olympics 2012
surface form: 2012 Summer Olympics
French
Summer Olympics 2012
surface form: 2012 Summer Olympics
host country language
European Economic Community French
European Economic Community German
European Economic Community Italian language
surface form: Italian
European Economic Community Dutch
World Customs Organization English
World Customs Organization French
United States Agency for International Development English
Saudi Arabia Arabic
Saudi Arabia Arabic via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Coyoacán Spanish
Bastogne French
Red River County, Texas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Evangelical Church in Germany German
Palestinian government Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stalin era Russian
Royal Palace of Brussels French
Royal Palace of Brussels Dutch
Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
surface form: Göttingen
German
Mecca Arabic
OPEC English
OPEC Arabic
OPEC Spanish
OPEC French
OPEC Russian
OPEC Chinese
Umayyad Caliphate Arabic
Umayyad Caliphate Arabic via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Seal of the French Republic French
Government of Italy Italian
EAC
surface form: East African Community
English
EAC
surface form: East African Community
Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
EAC
surface form: East African Community
French
EAC
surface form: East African Community
Rwanda
surface form: Kinyarwanda
EAC
surface form: East African Community
Kirundi
EAC
surface form: East African Community
Arabic
Palace Square Russian
Northern Ireland Executive English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New York Court of Appeals English
Pashto language Afghanistan via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"