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
Germany German
Tiflis Governorate Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Moscow Russian
San Jose English
England English
South America Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageInMostCountries"
South America Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageInLargestCountry"
London, England
surface form: London
English
Luxembourg Luxembourgish
Luxembourg French
Luxembourg German
Turkey Turkish
New Zealand English
New Zealand Māori
New Zealand New Zealand Sign Language
American Samoa English
American Samoa Samoan
United States Space Force English
Cuban government Spanish
Meyrin, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
surface form: Meyrin
French
International Committee of the Red Cross French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Committee of the Red Cross English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Committee of the Red Cross Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Committee of the Red Cross Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Committee of the Red Cross Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Committee of the Red Cross Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Peru Spanish
Peru Quechua
Peru Aymara
Easter Island Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pacific Alliance Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nigeria English
Nigeria Hausa via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Nigeria Yoruba via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Nigeria Igbo via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Philippines Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Philippines English
Philippines Tagalog via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
American League English
Cape Colony Dutch
Cape Colony English
United Nations Economic and Social Council Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Economic and Social Council Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Economic and Social Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Economic and Social Council French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Economic and Social Council Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Economic and Social Council Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kimigayo Japanese
Korea under Japanese rule Japanese
Korea under Japanese rule Korean