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
Illiers-Combray French
Louviers French
Canton of Neuchâtel French
Milpitas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Landgraviate of Hesse-Hanau German
Tunceli Province Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kota Bharu Malay
Sartrouville French
Oradea Romanian
Regionalverband Ruhr German
Port-Gentil French
Chhapra Hindi
Central Switzerland German
Kutno Polish
Kingston Parish English
Aube department French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Arusha Region Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Arusha Region English
Columbia District (by the Hudson's Bay Company)
surface form: Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company)
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Russian America (northwest)
surface form: Russian America
Russian
Iguala Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parc-de-la-Montagne–Saint-Sacrement French
Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City Spanish
City and County of Denver Department of Aviation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oxford County English
Limbourg French
Municipality of Mérida Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Queens Community District 9 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herat Province Persian language
surface form: Dari Persian
Villeneuve-la-Garenne French
Blevio Italian
Casnedo Italian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Italian
Olzino Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Puntarenas Province Spanish
Aschaffenburg (district) German
Schweinfurt (district) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ADR
surface form: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Azerbaijani
Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Crime in Cyberspace English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Crime in Cyberspace French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Braga Cathedral Portuguese
Defence Research and Development Canada English
Defence Research and Development Canada French
Jamaica House English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Major Archiepiscopal Church Latin (in the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches) via predicate surface "languageOfLaw"
The Treasury (New Zealand) English
The Treasury (New Zealand) Māori
SADC Secretariat English
Canton of Cannes-2 French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rhede (Ems) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem Ottoman Turkish