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
Dutch Tobago (intermittently)
surface form: Dutch Tobago
Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Peristeri Greek
Ilion Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Agia Varvara Greek
Petroupoli Greek
Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero Greek
Ngeremlengui State Palauan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ngeremlengui State English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madre de Dios Region Spanish
Chalandri Greek
Colonia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Commune of Villepinte French
Soisy-sous-Montmorency French
Dnipro Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Ostrobothnia Finnish
Central Ostrobothnia Swedish
Angus North and Mearns English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Angus North and Mearns Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Angus North and Mearns Scots via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nunavut (local official status in some communities)
surface form: Nunavut
Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Nunavut (local official status in some communities)
surface form: Nunavut
Inuinnaqtun via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Nunavut (local official status in some communities)
surface form: Nunavut
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Nunavut (local official status in some communities)
surface form: Nunavut
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Nēhiyawēwin Northwest Territories via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Nēhiyawēwin Nunavut via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Tann German
Reut German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stammham (Inn) German
Jaraguá do Sul Portuguese
Dunajská Streda Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Kozelsk camp Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gilbert and Ellice Islands English
PMR
surface form: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Russian
PMR
surface form: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Moldovan
PMR
surface form: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Ukrainian
Moldovans Moldova via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguageIn"
surface form: Republic of Moldova
Moldovans Romanian is the state language of Moldova via predicate surface "languageOfficialStatus"
Namorik Atoll Marshallese
Namorik Atoll English
Grisons German
Grisons Romansh
Grisons Italian
Narmadapuram district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Gujarat Gujarati
La Union Filipino
La Union English
President
surface form: President of the Asian Development Bank
English
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development English
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development French
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Russian