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
Juist German
Multinational Force and Observers English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UNESCO Pablo Picasso Medal English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
UNESCO Pablo Picasso Medal French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Malé Dhivehi
People's Majlis Dhivehi
Warm Springs Reservation (partial)
surface form: Warm Springs Reservation
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Taoyuan City Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Taoyuan City Government Mandarin Chinese
Treviso Italian
Giv'at Shmuel Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Altai Krai Russian
Botswana and Zimbabwe English via predicate surface "haveOfficialLanguage"
Tongling Standard Chinese
Choisy-le-Roi French
Frontignan French
Pashtun belt of Balochistan Urdu via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Pashtun belt of Balochistan English via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Zhob District administration Urdu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Zhob District administration English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Southern Quebec French
Metropolitan City of Bari Italian
Batam Indonesian
Nafpaktos Greek
Cherokee, North Carolina English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce French
Ciego de Ávila Spanish
Cat Hai District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santiago Ixcuintla Spanish
Huajicori Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara Spanish
Administrators of Indian Union Territories English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Government of Sindh Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Government of Sindh Sindhi
Perfect Charity English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
GNK Dinamo Zagreb Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gaillard French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moillesulaz French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Second Hellenic Republic Greek
West Sumba Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Digoin French
Autun arrondissement French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Charolles arrondissement French
Louhans arrondissement French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Solutré-Pouilly French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Boxing Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Boxing Council Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Orly French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
EuroLeague Women English
EuroLeague Women French