officialLanguage

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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
UNESCO Headquarters English via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Port Harcourt English
Luanda Portuguese
Portuguese Ceylon Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Standard of the Prime Minister of Japan Japanese
Copenhagen Danish
Strasbourg French
Lazio Italian
Athens Greek language
surface form: Greek
Angola Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Angola Umbundu via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Angola Kimbundu via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Angola Kikongo via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Puerto Williams Spanish
General Assembly of the Organization of American States Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Assembly of the Organization of American States English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Assembly of the Organization of American States Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Assembly of the Organization of American States French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Viceroyalty of New Granada Spanish
Bengaluru Kannada via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
National Assembly of Panama Spanish
Western Roman Empire Latin via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mauritania Arabic
Doha Arabic
Mogadishu Somali
Mogadishu Arabic
Gulf Cooperation Council Arabic
Calder Memorial Trophy English
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) Hebrew
Ferney-Voltaire French
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court English
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court French
Hebei Standard Chinese
Madison, Wisconsin, United States English
Fiji English
Fiji Fijian languages
surface form: Fijian
Fiji Fiji Hindi
Armenia Classical Armenian
surface form: Armenian
Kingdom of Italy Italian
Government of New South Wales English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Budapest Hungarian
Zurich German
Dominion of India English
Dominion of India Hindi
surface form: Hindustani
Mozambique Portuguese
Mozambique Portuguese via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Permanent Council of the Organization of American States Spanish
Permanent Council of the Organization of American States English
Permanent Council of the Organization of American States Portuguese
Permanent Council of the Organization of American States French