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
Stratum Dutch
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vandoeuvres French
Clamart French
Carpatho-Ukraine Ukrainian
Caribbean Development Bank English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
WHA English
Bauchi State English
Paros Greek
Mytilene Greek
Lomé French
Captaincy General of Venezuela Spanish
Bardonnex French
Angers French
Georgetown English
Kingdom of France French
Quintana Roo Spanish
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport English
Cotonou French
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Portuguese
United Provinces of Central America Spanish
Sacred Congregation for Religious Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sacred Congregation for Religious Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Noord-Beveland Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ute Mountain Ute Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alaska Supreme Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Superior Court of Pennsylvania English
Burmese Myanmar via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Macedonian North Macedonia via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
DESA
surface form: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Arabic
DESA
surface form: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Chinese
DESA
surface form: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
English
DESA
surface form: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
French
DESA
surface form: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Russian
DESA
surface form: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Spanish
Rijksvastgoedbedrijf Dutch
Hermance French
Poitiers French
Salò Italian
Adamawa State English
Bosnian Bosnia and Herzegovina via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Assamese Assam via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Assamese India via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Hurghada Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria German GENERATED
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish GENERATED
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Ruthenian GENERATED
Sharjah Arabic
Niamey French