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
OIC General Secretariat English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OIC General Secretariat French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zoetermeer Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zezuru contributes to Standard Shona of Zimbabwe via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Culiacán Spanish
California Department of Justice English
California Labor and Workforce Development Agency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
California Department of Food and Agriculture English
California Employment Development Department English
National Bank of Poland Polish
German occupation of the Baltic states German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Maracanaú Portuguese
Quixeramobim Portuguese
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Japanese
Ossipee, North Carolina English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Virgin Gorda English
Maine House of Representatives English
Norte Region Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zapote Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Sumba Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Cambodia (Sihanouk government) Khmer
Autun French
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role)
surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Arabic
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role)
surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
English
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role)
surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
French
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role)
surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Portuguese
Bankura Bengali
Alipurduar Bengali
Habra Bengali
Habra English
Dum Dum Bengali
Bally Bengali
Tamluk Bengali
Tamluk English
Bandel Bengali
Bandel English
Tribeni Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Tribeni English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Farakka Bengali
Farakka English
Hooghly district Bengali
Hooghly district English
NER
surface form: Northeast India
Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NER
surface form: Northeast India
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NER
surface form: Northeast India
various state languages via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region English
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Hindi
Kohima English
Government of Assam Assamese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Assam English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"