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
Peer Dutch
Śródmieście, Warsaw Polish
Blainville French
Waterloo, Belgium French
Suyŏng-gu Korean
Lysá nad Labem Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuautitlán Izcalli Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Příbor Czech
Alessandria Italian
Amsterdam-West Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arnavutköy Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Estado de Sonora Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Oryol Oblast Russian
Livensky Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Shangluo Standard Chinese
Uzhhorod Ukrainian
Burg-Reuland German
Xiling District Standard Chinese
Dharmanagar Bengali
Dharmanagar Kokborok
Dharmanagar English
Gaeltacht of Meath Irish
Nimruz Province Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
Nimruz Province Dari
Rishikesh Hindi
Thiruvaiyaru Tamil
Bács-Kiskun County Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ercsi Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pusztaszabolcs Hungarian
West Dunbartonshire council area
surface form: West Dunbartonshire
English
Alaric II Latin via predicate surface "usedAdministrativeLanguage"
Aibonito Spanish
Aibonito English
Fruitland, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mérignac French
Al Wahat District Arabic
Beersheba Municipality Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Etawah Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Krems an der Donau German
Solidaridad Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Flag of Monaco French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Federal Court
surface form: Federal Court (Canada)
English
Federal Court
surface form: Federal Court (Canada)
French
Devonshire Parish English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Indian indenture system English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Indian indenture system French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Indian indenture system Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Department of Justice Canada English
Department of Justice Canada French