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
Public Services and Procurement Canada English
Public Services and Procurement Canada French
Chapter of Westminster Abbey English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bishop of Tambov Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rewa Kantha Agency English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rewa Kantha Agency Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rødovre Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Nusa Tenggara Indonesian
Daykundi Province Persian language
surface form: Dari Persian
Daykundi Province Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
Jessore Bengali
Special Territory of Rapa Nui Spanish
St. Hanshaugen district Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Zuchwil German
Derendingen German
Subingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stäket Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bareilly Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Norwegian Tax Administration Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
Verdal Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Verdun-sur-le-Doubs French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ratlam Hindi
Fort Frances English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hearst French
Buleleng Regency Indonesian
Skarżysko County Polish
Alto del Carmen Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality English
City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality Afrikaans
City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality isiXhosa
Karaikal Tamil
Karaikal English
London City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hachiōji Japanese
Bhavnagar Gujarati
Bhavnagar Hindi
Wernigerode German
Gombe Stream National Park Swahili language via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
surface form: Swahili
Gombe Stream National Park English via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Hebron Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prešov Region Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Crown Colony of Singapore English
Malayan Union English
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ardèche department French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montreal-Nord French
Huarochirí Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIBA AmeriCup English
FIBA AmeriCup Spanish
FIBA AmeriCup Portuguese