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
Fiumicino Italian
FCO Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Games of the XVII Olympiad French
Games of the XVII Olympiad English
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Serbian
International Organization of Securities Commissions English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Organization of Securities Commissions French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Organization of Securities Commissions Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Solidaridad Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Language and Literature Bureau (Brunei) Malay language via predicate surface "officialLanguageFocus"
Indian state of Sikkim
surface form: Sikkim
English
Indian state of Sikkim
surface form: Sikkim
Nepali
Indian state of Sikkim
surface form: Sikkim
Sikkimese (Bhutia)
Indian state of Sikkim
surface form: Sikkim
Lepcha
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality Zulu via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
San José de la Mariquina Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Temiskaming Shores English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manitoulin District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Middle Persian language
surface form: Middle Persian
Sasanian Empire via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Assu Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Federal District (Brazil) Portuguese
Praça dos Três Poderes Portuguese
West Berlin City Hall German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
French sector of Berlin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French sector of Berlin German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wismar German
Delta State English
Zhengzhou Standard Chinese
Magelang Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Protectorate of Richard Cromwell English
Benschop Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reichskommissariat Ostland German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Languages of India Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Languages of India English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Languages of India English via predicate surface "associateOfficialLanguage"
Dolomieu, Isère, France
surface form: Dolomieu
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asker Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Southeast Asian Games English
Fédération Internationale de Football Association English
Fédération Internationale de Football Association French
Fédération Internationale de Football Association Spanish
Fédération Internationale de Football Association German
Fédération Internationale de Football Association Portuguese
Fédération Internationale de Football Association Arabic
Fédération Internationale de Football Association Russian
Miccosukee Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Es Castell Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Es Castell Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"