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
League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tanganyika English
Las Rozas de Madrid Spanish
Puntland Somali
Puntland Arabic
Angeles City Filipino
Angeles City English
Unterwallenstadt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Haag, Austria German
Jougne French
Principality of Serbia Serbian
island of Culebra
surface form: Culebra
Spanish
island of Culebra
surface form: Culebra
English
Kandersteg German
Béja Governorate Arabic
Bayeux French
Mexico City (federal entity) Spanish
United Nations Statistical Commission Arabic
United Nations Statistical Commission Chinese
United Nations Statistical Commission English
United Nations Statistical Commission French
United Nations Statistical Commission Russian
United Nations Statistical Commission Spanish
Marrakesh-Safi region
surface form: Marrakesh-Safi
Arabic
Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) Swedish
Ajloun Governorate Arabic
Delhi Cantonment Board Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Delhi Cantonment Board English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Republic of Venice Latin
Republic of Venice Venetian language
surface form: Venetian
Republic of Venice Italian
Rieti Italian
Boa Vista
surface form: Boa Vista (Cape Verde)
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Drammen Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"
Calenzano, Italy
surface form: Calenzano
Italian
Western Macedonia Greek
Vilnius Lithuanian
Regional Municipality of Halton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quirihue Spanish
Cabrero Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central American Bank for Economic Integration Spanish
Central American Bank for Economic Integration English
German-speaking Italy German
German-speaking Italy Italian
State Assembly (Il Tumen) Russian
State Assembly (Il Tumen) Sakha
Alcântara Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2019 IIHF World Championship English
2019 IIHF World Championship French