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
Douala English
North Region
surface form: North Region (Cameroon)
French
North Region
surface form: North Region (Cameroon)
English
IBA
surface form: International Bar Association
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
surface form: Pazardzhik
Bulgarian
Embu das Artes Portuguese
Municipality of Comodoro Rivadavia Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Maastricht University English
Maastricht University Dutch
Commonwealth of Both Nations Latin
Commonwealth of Both Nations Polish
Commonwealth of Both Nations Ruthenian
Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Korean
Rosenbergstraße campus German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Mari El Russian
Mari El Hill Mari
Mari El Meadow Mari
FIBA Basketball World Cup English
FIBA Basketball World Cup French
FIBA Basketball World Cup Spanish
Flag of Cuba Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Haifa District Hebrew
Ambler English
Pont-de-l’Isère French
Montcalm County, Michigan English
Medinaceli Spanish
Última Esperanza Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mahón Spanish
Mahón Catalan
Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Macau
surface form: Macau (Rio Grande do Norte)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture Chinese
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture Korean
Pingtung County, Taiwan
surface form: Pingtung County
Mandarin Chinese
FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIFA U-17 World Cup English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIFA U-17 World Cup French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIFA U-17 World Cup Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIFA U-17 World Cup German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIFA U-17 World Cup Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIFA U-17 World Cup Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zaragoza province Spanish
Miranda do Douro Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madalena
surface form: Madalena (Recife)
Portuguese
Campo Grande
surface form: Campo Grande (Recife)
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese