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
International Handball Federation Spanish
Ilorin South English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kawawachikamach Naskapi community Naskapi language
NWSL Rookie of the Year English
Denizli Turkish
City of Macon English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bronx Community District 7 English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Kea Greek
Mareuil-lès-Meaux French
Saclay French
Champlan French
Ballainvilliers French
Ris-Orangis French
Courcouronnes French
Institut national de l’audiovisuel French
Government of Samoa Samoan language
surface form: Samoan
Government of Samoa English
Egmore Tamil
UN Office for South-South Cooperation English
UN Office for South-South Cooperation French
UN Office for South-South Cooperation Spanish
UN Office for South-South Cooperation Arabic
UN Office for South-South Cooperation Chinese
UN Office for South-South Cooperation Russian
Woodstock, New Brunswick English
Rinconada district Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rinconada district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ubangi-Shari French
Scottish Funding Council English
Truk English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Truk District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Puerto de Santa María Spanish
JNSY Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAuthority"
Bouillon French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Florenville French
Herbeumont French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chiny French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Falun Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
Tofol English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Namu Marshallese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marshallese
Namu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Majkin Marshallese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marshallese
Majkin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Loen Marshallese
Loen English
Mae Marshallese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marshallese
Mae English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nanchang Metro Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gumi, South Korea Korean
Corporation of Madras English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"