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
Es Mercadal Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned)
surface form: Crown Colony of Labuan
English
Government of Wallonia French
Government of Wallonia German
Saint Martin (France) French
Payakumbuh Indonesian
Aakirkeby Danish
Basotho people Sesotho via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfHomeland"
Basotho people English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfHomeland"
city of La Serena
surface form: La Serena
Spanish
Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
El Chaltén Spanish
Puerto Varas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colonia La Fama Spanish via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Flag of Costa Rica Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Oppdal Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Brčko District Bosnian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brčko District Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brčko District Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asian Football Confederation English
Sultanate of Nejd Arabic
Tingri County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metaxas Regime Greek
Es Migjorn Gran Spanish
Es Migjorn Gran Catalan
Yaoundé French
Yaoundé English
Duala Cameroon (not an official language) via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Centre Region French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Centre Region English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Littoral Region French
Littoral Region English
Northwest Region
surface form: Northwest Region (Cameroon)
English
Southwest Region
surface form: Southwest Region (Cameroon)
English
Southwest Region
surface form: Southwest Region (Cameroon)
French
Far North Region French
Far North Region English
village of Ogasawara, Tokyo
surface form: Ogasawara, Tokyo
Japanese
Guer French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Formentera Spanish
Formentera Catalan
Consolación del Sur Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Minas de Matahambre Spanish
Sandino Spanish
Stratford English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Cruz Province Spanish
Peney-Dessous French
Dhule district Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
municipality of Zwijndrecht Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"