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
Mende French
Canet-en-Roussillon French
Pune Municipal Corporation Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pune Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ivy League women’s swimming and diving English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Corfu Greek
Export-Import Bank of the United States English
Council of Representatives of Iraq Arabic
Council of Representatives of Iraq Kurdish
Ancash Region Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Somers Isles English
Kefalonia Greek
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Assembly of Senegal French
Carthage Palace Arabic
Carthage Palace French
Bishopric of Cologne Latin
Hillsborough, County Down English
Benelux Court of Justice Dutch
Benelux Court of Justice French
Benelux Court of Justice German
West Division
surface form: West Division (2021 NWSL Challenge Cup)
English
Versonnex French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grand Genève French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buenos Aires Province Spanish
2002 IIHF World Championship English
2002 IIHF World Championship French
Viken Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Ringerike Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Mekong River Commission English
Cité du Havre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southern Red Sea Region Tigrinya
Southern Red Sea Region Arabic
Southern Red Sea Region English
Riau Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yamunanagar district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ocoyoacac Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vestfold og Telemark Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador
surface form: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Spanish
Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands English
Stadskanaal Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gorakhpur Hindi
Móstoles Spanish
South West State of Somalia Somali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South West State of Somalia Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Louis French
Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Czech
Bishkek Kyrgyz
Bishkek Russian