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
New Kingdom of Granada Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
St. George’s, Bermuda English
Yekaterinoslav Governorate Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tholen Dutch
Kapelle Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Haute-Saint-Charles French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Komi ASSR Russian
Komi ASSR Komi
surface form: Komi language
Ajman Arabic
Banjul English
Province of Valencia Spanish
Province of Valencia Catalan
surface form: Valencian
Pyrgos Greek
Kyrgyz Kyrgyzstan via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Kyrgyz yes via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguage"
Macugnaga Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dam Square, Amsterdam
surface form: Dam Square
Dutch
Government Center, Boston English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Massachusetts (via Supreme Judicial Court located there)
surface form: Massachusetts
English
Cadiz, Ohio, United States
surface form: Cadiz, Ohio
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Institution of Civil Engineers English
Ukrainian language Ukraine via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Czech language Czech Republic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Umm Al Quwain Arabic
Medellín Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yukon Territory English
Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas Spanish
Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas English
Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas French
Panipat Hindi
Dharamshala Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dharamshala English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Emirate of Afghanistan Persian
Emirate of Afghanistan Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
Gujarat High Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Duchy of Lucca Italian
Piscataquis County, Maine English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plateau State English
Suez Governorate Arabic
Fujiidera Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Qazvin, Iran
surface form: Qazvin
Persian language
surface form: Persian
Navarre Spanish
Troyes French
Kingdom of Etruria Italian
Niger State English
Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile Spanish
2006 Winter Paralympics Italian
2006 Winter Paralympics English
National Assembly of Nepal Nepali
St. Louis County, Minnesota English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"