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
Summer Olympics 2024
surface form: 2024 Summer Olympics
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Summer Olympics 2024
surface form: 2024 Summer Olympics
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Summer Olympics 2024
surface form: 2024 Summer Olympics
host country language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
1994 Winter Olympics Norwegian
1994 Winter Olympics English
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) German
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) Polish
Beijing Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
Persian
Bombay Presidency English
Central Provinces English via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Central Provinces Hindi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Hindi
Andaman and Nicobar Islands English
Queensland English
United States Agency for International Development (in coordination)
surface form: United States Agency for International Development
English
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Arabic
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Chinese
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons English
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons French
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Russian
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Spanish
Hellenic Parliament Greek
Community of Portuguese Language Countries Portuguese
Charlotte Amalie English
Supreme Court Police English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vatican civil law Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vatican civil law Latin (for some fundamental texts) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tunisia Arabic
Belfast English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bahamas English
Atlanta English
Montreal French
Montreal English
Lima Spanish
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Culebra Spanish
Culebra English
Trusteeship Council Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trusteeship Council Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trusteeship Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trusteeship Council French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trusteeship Council Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trusteeship Council Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Labour Organization English
International Labour Organization French
International Labour Organization Spanish
Food and Agriculture Organization Arabic
Food and Agriculture Organization Chinese
Food and Agriculture Organization English