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
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gas Exporting Countries Forum English
Gas Exporting Countries Forum Russian
Gas Exporting Countries Forum Arabic
Barrackpore Bengali
Barrackpore English
Lansingerland Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Krimpen aan den IJssel Dutch
Den Bommel Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Strijen Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zamfara State English
Novi Sad Serbian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Serbian
Federation of South Arabia Arabic
Volos Greek
Freetown English
Attica region Greek
MZ Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Intergovernmental Authority on Development English
Intergovernmental Authority on Development French
Intergovernmental Authority on Development Arabic
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas French
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas Arabic
Nasser Arabic via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Fashn Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Assembly of Kuwait Arabic
National Assembly of Mauritania Arabic
Bourbon Restoration French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ruse Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cologny French
Duchy of Württemberg German
Ismailia Arabic
Tsageri Georgian language
surface form: Georgian
Kebbi State English
Qena Governorate Arabic
Flores Island Portuguese
New Hyde Park, New York, United States
surface form: New Hyde Park, New York
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Place de Fontenoy French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Darién Province Spanish
Somosta Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales Welsh
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales English
Constitutive Charter of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
First Portuguese Republic Portuguese
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone Portuguese
Le Grand-Saconnex French
Breukelen (Netherlands) Dutch
Estado de México Spanish
Portuguese America Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
2017 Chilean presidential election Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Schievelbein Polish via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"