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
Union for the Mediterranean Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Union for the Mediterranean Arabic (various national varieties) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Order of the Nile Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French North Africa French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Swiss Air Force German
Swiss Air Force French
Swiss Air Force Italian
Swiss Air Force Romansh
Johannesburg, South Africa
surface form: Johannesburg
English via predicate surface "languageOfficialInCountry"
West Indies Federation English
Toulouse French
Eswatini English
Eswatini Swazi people
surface form: Swazi
Panama City Spanish
Alberta English
Orizaba Spanish
Eritrea Tigrinya
Eritrea Arabic
Eritrea English
Eritrea Tigrinya via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Eritrea Tigre via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Eritrea Afar via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Eritrea Saho via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Eritrea Bilen via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Eritrea Kunama via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Eritrea Nara via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Eritrea Beja via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Manama Arabic
Grand maître de la Légion d'honneur français via predicate surface "langueOfficielle"
Rutte IV cabinet Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
French West Africa French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Second Czechoslovak Republic government Czech via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Second Czechoslovak Republic government Slovak via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sveriges Riksbank Swedish
Guatemala City Spanish
Senate of Belgium Dutch
Senate of Belgium French
Senate of Belgium German
European Central Bank English
Türk Dil Kurumu Turkish
Southwestern Turkic Turkey via predicate surface "usedAsOfficialLanguageIn"
Southwestern Turkic Azerbaijan via predicate surface "usedAsOfficialLanguageIn"
Southwestern Turkic Turkmenistan via predicate surface "usedAsOfficialLanguageIn"
Financial Action Task Force English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Financial Action Task Force French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Japanese occupation of Shanghai Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Japanese occupation of Shanghai Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bristol English
Nicaragua Spanish
Nicaragua Spanish via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"