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
El Tor Arabic
Achacachi Spanish
Bovenden German
Werra-Meißner-Kreis German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iowa Department of Public Health English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trophée des Champions French
Flag of Vermont English
Heilbronn German
Steenokkerzeel Dutch
Villeneuve-Saint-Georges French
Osaka City Hall Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Umuahia English
Aba North English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Umuahia North English
Bende English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Isiala Ngwa North English
surface form: English language
Ukwa East English
Kerry
surface form: County Kerry
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Corca Dhuibhne Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ring (An Rinn) Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Connaught Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Connaught English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Línea de la Concepción Spanish
Vielha e Mijaran Occitan
Vielha e Mijaran Catalan
Vielha e Mijaran Spanish
Naut Aran Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naut Aran Occitan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naut Aran Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bossòst Occitan
Bossòst Catalan
Bossòst Spanish
Autonomous community of Catalonia Catalan
Autonomous community of Catalonia Spanish
Conselh Generau d’Aran Aranese
Conselh Generau d’Aran Catalan
Conselh Generau d’Aran Spanish
Republic of Abkhazia government Abkhaz language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Abkhaz
Republic of Abkhazia government Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gopalganj Hindi
Bihar Legislative Council Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bihar Legislative Council Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Bihar Legislative Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moho Province Spanish
Iraqi Interim Government Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Iraqi Interim Government Kurdish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Development Fund for Iraq Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Development Fund for Iraq Kurdish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CPA
surface form: Coalition Provisional Authority
English
CPA
surface form: Coalition Provisional Authority
Arabic