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
DMRC
surface form: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Macedonia Greek
Parliament of Montenegro Montenegrin
Bar Montenegrin
Landtag of Liechtenstein German
Regional Council of Lombardy Italian
Vannin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chiguayante Spanish
Arauco Spanish
Central American Court of Justice Spanish
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada English
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada French
French colonial authorities in New France French
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation German
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation French
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation Italian
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation Romansh language
surface form: Romansh
Mindelheim German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Aosta Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aosta French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Taxach German
Elsbethen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Puch bei Hallein German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Midnapore Bengali
Midnapore English
United Counties of Prescott and Russell English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Counties of Prescott and Russell French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Frontenac County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of Pembroke English
National Capital Region of Canada English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Capital Region of Canada French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Newtownards English
Bishopric of Vlaardingen Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Piacenza Italian
Torres Strait Islands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Cricket Council English
Denguin French
Pyrénées-Atlantiques French
ROC
surface form: Republic of China
Mandarin Chinese
ROC
surface form: Republic of China
Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
ROC (Taiwan)
surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
Mandarin Chinese
ROC (Taiwan)
surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
University of Wales English
University of Wales Welsh
Anadyr Russian
Sialkot Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Posadas Spanish
Foz do Iguaçu Portuguese
Onchan, Isle of Man English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"