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
Order of the Dannebrog Danish
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Polygyros Greek
Florina (regional unit) Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pasig Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pasig English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kivalliq Region Inuktitut
Kivalliq Region English
Weißenburg in Bayern German
Government of Nicaragua Spanish
BIS
surface form: Bank for International Settlements
English
European Financial Stability Facility English
Icelandic Iceland via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Association of Arab Universities Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Congosto Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hirzel German
Lod Hebrew
Rabin Square Hebrew
Oppland Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Ministry of Transport of Bermuda English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reich Protector German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Reich Protector Czech via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy
surface form: Bisacquino
Italian
Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NFL+ streaming service
surface form: NFL+
English
San Luis Spanish
Dubai Airports Company Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Son en Breugel Dutch
National Council of Monaco French
Monaco Yacht Show English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Monaco Yacht Show French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
SICA Spanish
Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Municipality of Peel English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ajax English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aurora
surface form: Aurora, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Holiday Hills, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Netherlands Antilles Dutch
Moradabad Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland
surface form: La Tour-de-Peilz
French
Irish Republic Irish
Irish Republic English
National Assembly of Cabo Verde Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfProceedings"
New Ashford English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese
North Ossetia Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Ossetia Ossetian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Ossetian
Sonipat district Hindi
1994 Winter Paralympics Norwegian