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
Taoyuan Subdistrict Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nieuwe-Tonge Dutch
Na h-Eileanan Siar council area
surface form: Na h-Eileanan Siar
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Na h-Eileanan Siar council area
surface form: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Nevada Supreme Court English
Norfolk, New York, United States English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iligan Filipino
Iligan English
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Section for Diplomatic Staff Italian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Section for Diplomatic Staff Latin via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Rolle French
Bursins French
Begnins French
Madrigal de las Altas Torres Spanish
Tuba-Zangariyye Arabic
Tuba-Zangariyye Hebrew
Beas town
surface form: Beas
Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
United States Ambassador to Italy English
International Astronomical Union English
International Astronomical Union French
Natural Environment Research Council English
Głogów County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sommerda
surface form: Sömmerda
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Równe Polish language
surface form: Polish
Nebraska Legislature English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
HRM
surface form: Halifax Regional Municipality
English
Alcázar de San Juan Spanish
Nice, France
surface form: Nice
French
Bishopric of Leuven Middle Dutch via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Sui dynasty Classical Chinese
Rhineland-Palatinate German
Vigneux-sur-Seine French
Frosinone Italian
Brentwood, New Hampshire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Petrozavodsk, Russia
surface form: Petrozavodsk
Russian
Mechelen Dutch
Medicine Hat English
Nabeul Governorate Arabic
Saint-Pierre French
Mimaropa Filipino
Mimaropa English
Santa Marta Spanish
Irkutsk Oblast Russian
Unna German
Tartegnin French
Kentucky Senate English