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
WBC
surface form: World Boxing Council
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
WBC
surface form: World Boxing Council
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Douarnenez French
Morne-à-l’Eau French
intercommunality CA Portes de France–Thionville
surface form: CA Portes de France–Thionville
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jal English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Or Yehuda Hebrew
Swaziland National Language Board Swati language via predicate surface "officialLanguageConcerned"
Swaziland National Language Board siSwati via predicate surface "officialLanguageConcerned"
Southeastern New Brunswick English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southeastern New Brunswick French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport bilingual (English and French) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Dieppe
surface form: Dieppe, New Brunswick
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dieppe
surface form: Dieppe, New Brunswick
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riverview English
Riverview French
Hoshangabad district Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Dausa Hindi
Chomu Hindi
M’lang Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
M’lang English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Banisilan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Banisilan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carmen
surface form: Carmen, North Cotabato
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carmen
surface form: Carmen, North Cotabato
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bridgewater, Connecticut English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Monclova Spanish
Metropolitan City of Milan Italian
Pannonia Savia Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Commune of Sevran French
Chinchero District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southern Ijaw English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Peoples Democratic Party English
Mobile World Congress 2014 English
Quezaltepeque, La Libertad, El Salvador Spanish
Savings Credit English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Arrondissement of Léogâne French
Arrondissement of Léogâne Haitian Creole
Léogâne (town)
surface form: Léogâne
French
Purnia district Hindi
Purnia district Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Schwyz German
San Martín Region Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
East District, Tainan Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Indore division Hindi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Nagar Palika Barwani Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Churu district Hindi
Sangameshwar Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Pomeroon Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"