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
Government of Moscow Oblast Russian
Beria period of the NKVD Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
commune of Thoiry (Ain)
surface form: Thoiry (Ain)
French
commune of Sergy
surface form: Sergy
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capcir French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Oman Arabic
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida English
Municipality of Orizaba Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
surface form: Anderlecht
French
Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
surface form: Anderlecht
Dutch
Exchange District National Historic Site of Canada English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Exchange District National Historic Site of Canada French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
British military administration
surface form: British Military Administration in Eritrea
English
Capital Governorate (Bahrain) Arabic
Madrigalejo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reimerswaal Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nguyễn dynasty Classical Chinese
Nguyễn dynasty Vietnamese
Hamilton English
Hamilton Māori
North Sumatra Indonesian
Getafe Spanish
Batalha, Portugal Portuguese
Serbian Empire Old Serbian
Ottoman authorities Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ballhausplatz 2, Vienna German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Nevis Island Administration English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ubangi-Shari territory
surface form: Ubangi-Shari
French
Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations English
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations French
Morcote Italian
Kingdom of Jerusalem Latin
South Aegean Greek
Indiana General Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Indiana Court of Appeals English
Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan Tajik language via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
surface form: Tajik
Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan Russian via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Su Nuraxi di Barumini Italian
Swan River Colony English
Metlakatla, British Columbia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
city of Mirabel
surface form: Mirabel
French
Hollywood Dam English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eishockey-Bundesliga German
NFL Europe English
Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
surface form: Council of Europe
English
Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
surface form: Council of Europe
French
Brusino Arsizio Italian
Basilica of San Vitale Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfLocation"