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
Western Cape English
Western Cape isiXhosa
Reims French
Venustiano Carranza Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Democratic Republic of the Congo French
Democratic Republic of the Congo Lingala via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Democratic Republic of the Congo Swahili language via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kikongo via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Democratic Republic of the Congo Tshiluba via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Crown of Aragon Latin
Crown of Aragon Aragonese language
surface form: Aragonese
Crown of Aragon Catalan
Crown of Aragon Occitan (in some territories)
Ascension Island English
Sicily Italian language
surface form: Italian
Malaysia Malay
Malaysia Malay via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Afghanistan Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
Afghanistan Dari
Mumbai Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Rajasthan Hindi
Rajasthan Rajasthani
Government of Mexico Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Bulawayo English
United States district courts English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
WMO Secretariat Arabic
WMO Secretariat Chinese
WMO Secretariat English
WMO Secretariat French
WMO Secretariat Russian
WMO Secretariat Spanish
Russia Russian
Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
French
Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
Dutch
Tijuana Spanish
Office of Management and Budget English
Holy Roman Empire Latin
Zulu South Africa via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Lagos English
Quezon City Filipino
Quezon City English
Sinhala Sri Lanka via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations Chinese
Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations Mandarin Chinese
Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations English
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Arabic
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Chinese
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs English
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs French