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
Tennant, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malda Bengali
Malda English
New Town
surface form: New Town, Kolkata
Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
New Town
surface form: New Town, Kolkata
English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grande Comore Comorian
Grande Comore Arabic
Grande Comore French
Makira-Ulawa Province English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Davangere Kannada
Natuashish Innu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Innu-aimun
Natuashish English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uashat mak Mani-Utenam Naskapi
surface form: Innu-aimun
Uashat mak Mani-Utenam French
Mashteuiatsh French
Ekuanitshit Innu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Innu-aimun
Ekuanitshit French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pessamit Innu-aimun
Pessamit French
Nutashkuan French
Unamen Shipu Innu-aimun
Unamen Shipu French
Verviers French
Koszalin Polish
Rideau Lakes English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inuit Nunangat Inuktut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inuit Nunangat Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inuit Nunangat Inuinnaqtun via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inuit Nunangat Inuvialuktun via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inuit Nunangat English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inuit Nunangat French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pensilvania Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Foreign Affairs Committee of the Folketing Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nandyal district Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uyui District Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Uyui District English
Kaliua District Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Kaliua District English
Nyamwezi language no via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageOf"
Kiha none (not an official national language) via predicate surface "nationalLanguageOf"
Chacabuco Province Spanish
Liptovský Mikuláš Slovak
Tirana County Albanian language
surface form: Albanian
Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza Albanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zoeterwoude Dutch
Durham Region Transit English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Duitama Spanish
Soatá Spanish