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
Corte French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Propriano French
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma English
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma Sauk language
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma Fox language
CR Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
São Nicolau Portuguese
Maio Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Brava Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Aligarh Hindi
Houston Dash English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rohtak district Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Azad Hind Government Hindustani
Azad Hind Government English
CFC
surface form: United States Court of Federal Claims
English
Tuszów Narodowy Polish
Whanganui English
Whanganui Māori
Mubarak Al-Kabeer
surface form: Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tivoli Italian
Games of the XXI Olympiad French
Games of the XXI Olympiad English
Huacho Spanish
Huánuco Region Spanish
Palacio de Gobierno
surface form: Palacio de Gobierno del Perú
Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims English
Atatürk High Council of Culture, Language and History Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
AEV German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lasithi regional unit Greek
Ewondo language Cameroon via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
surface form: Cameroon (regional or national language status)
Huancavelica Region Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Winterthur German
Abemama English
Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Michigan Court of Appeals English
Furiani French
Asyut Governorate Arabic
Salfit Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leganés Spanish
Jubaland Somali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jubaland Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wiesen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Banking Authority English
Bishopric of Bruges Latin via predicate surface "usedAdministrativeLanguage"
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sinhala
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Tamil
Lozère French
Huixquilucan Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Governor of Haryana Hindi via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfJurisdiction"
Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Urdu language
surface form: Urdu