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
Goussainville French
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec French
Krimpenerwaard Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Makhachkala Russian language
surface form: Russian
Qʼanjobʼal no sovereign state via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Kongo Central Province French
Kongo Central Province Kikongo ya leta via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Balai Kota Malang (City Hall)
surface form: Balai Kota Malang
Indonesian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Chapter of York English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Ulju-gun Korean
Douglas County District Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sudurpashchim Province Nepali
Gonda Hindi
Kausalya Nagar Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kausalya Nagar English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tsholotsho English
Vinh Thanh District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Archdeaconry of Totnes English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Capoliveri Italian
Agrinio Greek
Île d’Orléans French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elmshorn German
Empire Games English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
OCFS
surface form: New York State Office of Children and Family Services
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Digue English
La Digue French
La Digue Seychellois Creole
Kisangani French
Kisangani Lingala via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Tanjung Pinang Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saterland German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CRUP Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Derg Amharic
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Azerbaijani language
surface form: Azerbaijani
Prince-Bishopric of Basel Latin
Colony of Natal English
Alcúdia Spanish
Alcúdia Catalan
FIBA Europe English
FIBA Europe French
FIBA Europe German
FIBA Europe Spanish
Bangui French
Bangui Sango
Essa English
Río Gallegos Spanish
Ali Bayramli Azerbaijani
Misiones Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baramulla Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Seabed Disputes Chamber English