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
Petén Department Spanish
Ontario International Airport Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brisbane City Council English
Hel Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CMM French
Peruvian National Police Spanish
International Agency for Research on Cancer English
International Agency for Research on Cancer French
Arctic Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arctic Council Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Serbian
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Hungarian
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Slovak
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Romanian language
surface form: Romanian
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Rusyn language
surface form: Rusyn
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Croatian
Midden-Delfland Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Titel municipality Serbian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Serbian
Titel Serbian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Serbian
Kaunas County Lithuanian
Instrument of Government (Sweden) Swedish
Maritime Canada English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maritime Canada French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Delicias Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuauhtémoc
surface form: Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua
Spanish
Juigalpa Spanish
Quartier des Spectacles French
Majadahonda Spanish
United States District Court for the District of Delaware English
Zarqa Arabic
Pudahuel Spanish
Akhalkalaki Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ibadan South-West Local Government Area English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St. George's English
Hospital of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Turku Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Turku Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Cuttack Odia
Council of the Haida Nation English
Council of the Haida Nation Haida language
Regional Natural Park of Haut-Languedoc French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State of Berlin German
UfM Secretariat English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UfM Secretariat French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UfM Secretariat Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Third Balkenende cabinet Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Third Balkenende cabinet Dutch
Fermignano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ypres Dutch
Tarquinia Italian language
surface form: Italian