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
Tamazight Morocco via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageIn"
Prix de l’Académie française French
Reichskommissariat Norwegen German
Reichskommissariat Norwegen Norwegian
Ville-Émard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Ville-Émard
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ville-Émard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Ville-Émard
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Corps législatif French
Veurne Dutch
municipality of Blaustein
surface form: Blaustein
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cairngorms National Park Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South Governorate Arabic
AIA New York Chapter Medal of Honor English
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland English
Aravalli district Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southern African Customs Union English
Kansas Senate English
Russian coastal fortifications at Sveaborg Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tobago English
Huaibei Standard Chinese
Perpignan French
Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland
surface form: Tolochenaz
French
Imperial Council Chamber Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Republic of Bashkortostan Russian
Republic of Bashkortostan Bashkir
Titagarh Bengali
Panihati Bengali
South 24 Parganas district Bengali
South 24 Parganas district English
Imphal Meitei language
surface form: Meitei (Manipuri)
Imphal English
Gangtok English
Gangtok Nepali
Gangtok Sikkimese
Gangtok Lepcha
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia Macedonian via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfStateForces"
Hasselt Dutch
Hôtel de Ville de Clichy French via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Astano Italian
Ontario federal electoral districts English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ontario federal electoral districts French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bogor Regency Indonesian
Guadalupe
surface form: Guadalupe, Zacatecas
Spanish
Al Qunfudhah Arabic
IK-2 penal colony, Pokrov Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
IK-3 "Polar Wolf" penal colony, Kharp Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
El Rosario Spanish
Ofra-Costa Sur Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Salud-La Salle Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Suroeste Spanish
Breña Baja Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"