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
EuroLeague Women German
EuroLeague Women Spanish
Ayutthaya Kingdom Thai
Holon Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Latur Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Jagdishpur Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jagdishpur Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Beaconsfield French
Beaconsfield English
Kafr El-Meselha Arabic
NK Lokomotiva Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Dakota Supreme Court English
Royal Court of Jersey English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Royal Court of Jersey French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kendriya Hindi Sansthan Hindi
Thiruvananthapuram Malayalam
Thiruvananthapuram English
Hampi Kannada via predicate surface "stateOfficialLanguage"
Kakatiya dynasty Telugu via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mirzapur district Hindi
Bagmati Province Nepali
Amalner, Maharashtra, India
surface form: Amalner
Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
CAF Confederation Cup English
CAF Confederation Cup French
CAF Confederation Cup Arabic
Astypalaia Greek
Oudewater Dutch
Bandar Abbas Persian language
surface form: Persian
Sheshegwaning First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sheshegwaning First Nation Ojibwe via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Ojibwe language
Cayenne French
Eastern Armenian Armenia via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
surface form: Republic of Armenia
Eastern Armenian Republic of Artsakh via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Cassino Italian
Court of Appeals of Georgia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Georgia state courts English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tizi Ouzou Province Arabic
Sultanate of Perak Malay
Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) Thai
CEEAC French
CEEAC English
CEEAC Portuguese
UMA
surface form: Arab Maghreb Union
Arabic
COMESSA French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
COMESSA Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
COMESSA English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OIC Council of Foreign Ministers English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OIC Council of Foreign Ministers French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OIC General Secretariat Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"