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
Kropyvnytskyi Ukrainian
Hafar Al-Batin Arabic
Dadukou District Standard Chinese
Zhuxi County Standard Chinese
Republic of Hawaii English
Republic of Hawaii Hawaiian
Federal Chancellery of Switzerland German
Federal Chancellery of Switzerland French
Federal Chancellery of Switzerland Italian
Federal Chancellery of Switzerland Romansh language
surface form: Romansh
Terespol (Poland)
surface form: Terespol
Polish
Cheb Czech
Cairngorms National Park English
Cairngorms National Park Scottish Gaelic
Wigan Central ward English
Ebebiyín Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mongomo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mongomo French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mongomo Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Evinayong Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Evinayong Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Mbini Spanish
Mbini French
Mbini Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Kié-Ntem Spanish
Kié-Ntem French
Kié-Ntem Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Litoral Spanish
Litoral French
Litoral Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Seven Sister States Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seven Sister States Manipuri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seven Sister States English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seven Sister States Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seven Sister States Mizo language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Mizo
Seven Sister States Khasi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Khasi
Seven Sister States Garo people via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Garo
Seven Sister States Nagaland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mizo District English
Poarch Creek Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ninhue, Chile
surface form: Ninhue
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Simi Greek
President of the Government of Catalonia Catalan
President of the Government of Catalonia Spanish
Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Catalan via predicate surface "declaresOfficialLanguageInCatalonia"
Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Spanish via predicate surface "declaresOfficialLanguageInCatalonia"
Poblet Monastery Catalan
Poblet Monastery Spanish
Moorea French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cantabria Spanish