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
Faroe Islands national football team Faroese language via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfTeamCountry"
surface form: Faroese
Anglo-Saxon bishopric of Mercia Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Anglo-Saxon bishopric of Mercia Old English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
City of Nice French
Carcassonne Agglo French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vatican Apostolic Archive Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vatican Apostolic Archive Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vatican Apostolic Archive French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vatican Apostolic Archive German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vatican Apostolic Archive English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfDescription"
Ixelles French
Ixelles Dutch
Anuppur Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anambra State English
Vhembe District Municipality Venda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vhembe District Municipality Xitsonga via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vhembe District Municipality Northern Sotho (Sepedi) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Sepedi
Vhembe District Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palatine Park District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Horizonte Portuguese
Pacatuba Portuguese
Government of Hidalgo Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
International Association of Universities English
International Association of Universities French
Pasuruan Indonesian
Toluca Spanish
Taiwan, Province of China Mandarin Chinese
Breitenbach German
Malaka Regency Indonesian
Bareilly division Hindi
Permanent Council of La Francophonie French
Isla de Cuba Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Käina Estonian
Nikšić Montenegrin
Montréal-Ouest French
Chingeltei District Mongolian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government-General of Korea Japanese
Government-General of Korea Korean
Córdoba Province Spanish
Plaza de España, Madrid Spanish
Halifax Regional Municipality English
Ebonyi State English
Western Province Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western Province Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kolbermoor German
Gwalior division Hindi
Eastern Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cormeilles, France French