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
Porto-Novo French
Webby Award English
Commune d’Onex French
Mies French
Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia Russian
Kuusamo Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Critics' Choice Super Award English
Bermuda Airport Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wakefield Prison English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Yaren District Nauruan
Yaren District English
Parliament of Nauru English
Parliament of Nauru Nauruan
Dubnica nad Váhom Slovak
Archdeaconry of Leicester English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Amapá Portuguese
Gorlice County Polish
Orange, California English
Maceió Portuguese
Savogna d’Isonzo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nam Dinh City Vietnamese
Vu Ban District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lienchiang County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan)
surface form: Lienchiang County
Mandarin Chinese
Nangan Township Mandarin Chinese
Second Czechoslovak Republic Czech
Second Czechoslovak Republic Slovak
Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
surface form: Dakahlia Governorate
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hubballi-Dharwad Kannada
Hangzhou Greentown F.C. Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nieuport Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ath French
UCL Qatar (former campus)
surface form: UCL Qatar
English
Benares Division English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Benares Division Urdu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Puerto López Spanish
Capital District of Bogotá Spanish
Tupe District Spanish
Doesburg Dutch
Vantaa, Finland
surface form: Vantaa
Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vantaa, Finland
surface form: Vantaa
Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tonalá Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cajeme Spanish
Bergby Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ockelbo Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leer (district) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kansas legislative districts English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialDescriptions"
Gauda Kingdom Sanskrit via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Division: Khulna Division
surface form: Khulna Division
Bengali
Dima Hasao district Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dima Hasao district of Assam
surface form: Dima Hasao district
Assamese