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
Bulacan Filipino
Bulacan English
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey English
Irbid Arabic
Kigali Kinyarwanda
Kigali French
Kigali English
Kigali Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Uyo English
Trust Territory of Cameroon under French administration French
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration English
ACS
surface form: Association of Caribbean States
English
ACS
surface form: Association of Caribbean States
Spanish
ACS
surface form: Association of Caribbean States
French
ACS
surface form: Association of Caribbean States
Dutch
France (on behalf of French overseas departments in the Caribbean) French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Sierra County, New Mexico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bad Ragaz German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
United Nations Institute for Training and Research English
United Nations Institute for Training and Research French
United Nations Institute for Training and Research Spanish
United Nations Institute for Training and Research Arabic
United Nations Institute for Training and Research Chinese
United Nations Institute for Training and Research Russian
Castelsarrasin French
Yanqing District Standard Chinese
First Balkenende cabinet Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Ouistreham French
Lefkada Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tulkarm Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador Spanish
Tlalpan borough Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parres El Guarda Spanish
2026 Winter Olympics French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2026 Winter Olympics English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2026 Winter Olympics Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Second Balkenende cabinet Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Tour of Oman English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tour of Oman Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece Greek
Estado Novo regime
surface form: Estado Novo (Portugal)
Portuguese
2001 IIHF World Championship English
2001 IIHF World Championship German
commune of Ornex
surface form: Ornex
French
Monthey French
Perly French
EIT
surface form: European Institute of Innovation and Technology
English
Commonwealth of Independent States Russian
Belmopan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"