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
NCT of Delhi English
Hilshire Village, Texas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mont Belvieu, Texas English
Padre Las Casas Spanish
Nueva Imperial Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carahue Spanish
Loncoche Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gorbea Spanish
Cunco Spanish
Teodoro Schmidt Spanish
Perquenco Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Temuco Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural español
government of Papua New Guinea English via predicate surface "officialLanguageForAdministration"
National Capital District English
National Capital District Tok Pisin
National Capital District Hiri Motu
Enga Province English
Enga Province Tok Pisin
Torsken Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Shoalhaven City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Māori people New Zealand via predicate surface "officialLanguageStatusIn"
Māori people Māori language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kepulauan Talaud Regency Indonesian
Kepulauan Sitaro Regency Indonesian
Galway English
Galway Irish language
surface form: Irish
Achill Island Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Achill Island English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Katerini Greek
Montérégie French
Pagadian City Filipino
Pagadian City English
general assembly
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
general assembly
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
general assembly
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
general assembly
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
general assembly
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
general assembly
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Platanos Greek
Lakki Greek
Comarcas of Panama Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Morlaix French
Chain of Lakes English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Djibouti Region Arabic
Djibouti Region French
National Assembly of Djibouti French via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
National Assembly of Djibouti Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Government of Djibouti Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"