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
Salzatal German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Varamin County Persian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Persian
1997 IIHF Women's World Championship English
1997 IIHF Women's World Championship French
South Norfolk District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ezeiza Spanish
Waterloo English
Llaillay Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Monterey County Board of Supervisors English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dikhil Region Arabic
Dikhil Region French
Bahir Dar Amharic
Amhara Region Amharic
Amhara Region Amharic via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs English
Vagharshapat Armenian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ottoman Interior Ministry Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Reutte district
surface form: Reutte District
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Calle San Sebastián Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Inter-American Defense Board English
Inter-American Defense Board Spanish
Inter-American Defense Board Portuguese
Greater Malé urban area Dhivehi
Shatsk Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rozhyshche Ukrainian
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Ukrainian
South Holland Park District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Teton County, Wyoming English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Willemstad Dutch
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour Dutch via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfArea"
Nipissing First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tarama Village Japanese
Valenton French
Homburg vor der Höhe German
IAEA General Conference Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IAEA General Conference Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IAEA General Conference English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IAEA General Conference French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IAEA General Conference Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IAEA General Conference Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guntur district Telugu
Liao dynasty Khitan language
Liao dynasty Classical Chinese
Alblasserdam Dutch
Degendorf German
Bishopric of Mechernich Middle Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State Union of Serbia and Montenegro Serbian
State Union of Serbia and Montenegro Montenegrin
State Union of Serbia and Montenegro Bosnian