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
Catalan public university system Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Catalan public university system Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Les Corts Catalan via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Les Corts Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
LWF Executive Committee English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
LWF Executive Committee German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
LWF Executive Committee French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
LWF Executive Committee Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State of Nayarit Spanish
Ayungon Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayungon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Restoration of Estonian independence Estonian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Government of Singapore English
Government of Singapore Malay
Government of Singapore Mandarin Chinese
Government of Singapore Tamil
Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Sorel-Tracy
French
Palais de Justice of Rouen French via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Mata-Utu French
Futuna Island French
Alofi French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Michipicoten First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Congress Secretariat English
Congress Secretariat French
Intendancy of Guadalajara Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nieuwe Pekela Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madhepura district Hindi
Madhepura district Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
East Central Railway zone Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
East Central Railway zone English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Verteidigungsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages Deutsch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Youth Year Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Youth Year Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Youth Year English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Youth Year French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Youth Year Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Youth Year Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Lleida Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Lleida Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sabadell Catalan
Sabadell Spanish
Moianès Catalan
Moianès Spanish
Diputació de Barcelona Catalan
Diputació de Barcelona Spanish
New York City Council District 1 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asaba English
FGN English
State of Goa (for non-Supreme Court matters) Konkani
State of Goa (for non-Supreme Court matters) Marathi