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
AGO Portuguese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
North Mbundu none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageIn"
Luanda Province Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Pontivy French
Port of Tripoli (Lebanon) Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Port of Tripoli (Lebanon) French via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Port of Tripoli (Lebanon) English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Park Town Tamil
Vandalur Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Sioma, Zambia English
Okpokwu English
Ado English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ohimini English
Apa English language
Obi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Battlefields Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Battlefields Commission French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jalingo English
Kingdom of Denmark as a sovereign state
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
Danish
BOAD French
Heves County Hungarian language
surface form: Hungarian
Nógrád County Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
subah (Mughal provincial administration) Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hughli Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sabzevar Persian language
surface form: Persian
Great Yuan Classical Chinese
Deputy Commissioner of Nicobar district English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Deputy Commissioner of Nicobar district Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Punjab Province under British India
surface form: Punjab Province (British India)
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Colony of Queensland English
Almetyevsk Russian
Almetyevsk Tatar language
surface form: Tatar
Lévis French
Taquaritinga Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Karur Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
G70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway Chinese
Bronx Community District 2 English
Bauchi Local Government Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gaya English
Rupert English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Arabic
United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Chinese
United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights English
United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights French
United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Russian
United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Spanish
Greek territorial waters Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Saidapet Tamil
Katima Mulilo English
Nakasongola English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"