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

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: officialLanguage
Generated description
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.

Sample triples (46,259)

Subject Object
Nicobar district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nicobar district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West African Development Bank French
Latina Italian language
surface form: Italian
Municipality of Athens Greek
Cabo de Hornos commune Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Audiencia of Quito Spanish
Güines Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Capital Region Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Capital Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Samara Russian
Amsterdam-Oost Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands English
Ujae Atoll Marshallese language
surface form: Marshallese
Ujae Atoll English
Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport Chinese
North and Middle Andaman district Hindi
North and Middle Andaman district English
Indian Navy English
Indian Navy Hindi
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Tamil
Zambezi Region English
United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina English
Kaduna State English
Rueil-Malmaison, France
surface form: Rueil-Malmaison
French
Erbil Kurdish
Erbil Arabic
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Serbo-Croatian
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Slovene
International Olympic movement French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Olympic movement English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guna Yala Spanish
Kingdom of Odoacer Latin
Galați Romanian language
surface form: Romanian
Federal Government of Somalia Somali
Federal Government of Somalia Arabic
GCC
surface form: Gulf Cooperation Council
Arabic
FIBA Women’s World Championship English
FIBA Women’s World Championship French
Abidjan French
New York State Senate districts English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Limpopo Province Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
surface form: Sepedi
Limpopo Province Xitsonga
Limpopo Province Tshivenda
Limpopo Province Afrikaans
Limpopo Province English
Limpopo Province isiNdebele
Limpopo Province Setswana
Limpopo Province Sesotho