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
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California English
Algeciras Spanish
Ghurid Empire Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Faiyum Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Romania Romanian language
surface form: Romanian
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Akwesasne Mohawk language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Akwesasne English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Akwesasne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Salzgitter German
Nyon French
Chitose Japanese
Nasarawa State English
Linz German
Haugesund Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Sámediggi (Finland) Finnish
Sámediggi (Finland) Northern Sami language
surface form: Northern Sámi
Sámediggi (Finland) Inari Sámi
Sámediggi (Finland) Skolt Sami language
surface form: Skolt Sámi
Northwestern FD Russian
Province of Valladolid Spanish
Plaza Mayor de Valladolid Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfLocation"
First Mexican Empire Spanish
New Galicia Spanish
Mauregard French
Firoz Shah Tughlaq Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Solan Hindi
Solan English
autonomous community of Castile and León
surface form: Castile and León
Spanish GENERATED
Tournai French GENERATED
President of Barbados English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice"
President of the European Council as chair
surface form: President of the European Council
all official languages of the European Union
United States District Court for the District of Oregon English
Molde Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Vestland Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Appomattox County, Virginia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tarifa Spanish
Directory (France) French
Nenets Autonomous Okrug Russian
United States District Court for the District of Nevada English
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kristiansund Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
al-Wasta Arabic
Red Sea Governorate Arabic
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Russian
United States District Court for the District of Idaho English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wahta Mohawk Territory English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kelowna English
Hong Kong under British rule English
Shanghai International Settlement (British participation) English via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"