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
Seabed Disputes Chamber French
Directory (collective) French
Yemen Arab Republic Arabic
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals English
Saurashtra State Gujarati
City of Kawartha Lakes English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metropolitan City of Bologna Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colony of Vancouver Island English
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
surface form: San Pedro de Macorís
Spanish
Grimbergen Dutch
San Borja Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quba Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Quba Uyezd Azerbaijani via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Vietnam Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State Bank of Vietnam Vietnamese
Co Do District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City Mayor of Salford English
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ennigerloh German
Assembly of Melilla Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guidonia Montecelio Italian language
surface form: Italian
Democratic Kampuchea Khmer
Ciampino Italian
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea Korean
Austral Islands French
Larvik Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Solapur Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Jhabua Hindi
Archdeaconry of Exeter English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Peterborough County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hokksund Bokmål
Leszno Polish
Ahuntsic-Cartierville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hamm German
The Union Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
The Union English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manacor Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manacor Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yamoussoukro French
Piauí Portuguese
Cabaceiras Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Government of the Dominion of Canada English
Government of the Dominion of Canada French
El Prat de Llobregat Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Prat de Llobregat Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
County Galway English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pamekasan Indonesian
Población Hurtado Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barentsburg Russian language
surface form: Russian