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
Kozhikode Municipal Corporation Malayalam via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kozhikode Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lazo District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Al Khor Arabic
Office of the United States Trade Representative English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Office of Operations English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Georgia Department of Law English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mülheim an der Ruhr German
Ha'il city
surface form: Ha'il
Arabic
Cayman Islands archipelago English
Mogi das Cruzes Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Jalostotitlán, Mexico
surface form: Jalostotitlán
Spanish
Kolaka Regency Indonesian
Esneux French
Ananyiv Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Randaberg Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Val-d’Isère French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schifflange Luxembourgish
Schifflange French
Schifflange German
South Khorasan Province Persian
Da Yuan Classical Chinese
Cuanza Sul Province Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ceccano Italian
Lindi Region Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Lindi Region English
Acquapendente Italian
Feixiang County Standard Chinese
Socialist Republic of Slovenia Slovene
independent Republic of Croatia
surface form: Republic of Croatia
Croatian
Kiryat Yam Hebrew
Grand Falls, New Brunswick English
Grand Falls, New Brunswick French
Forbes Shire Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Police Districts
surface form: Police Districts (New South Wales)
English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
President of Fiji English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice"
Vésenaz French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alsergrund German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Fiji English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Installation Management Command English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santena Italian
2006 FIBA World Championship English
2006 FIBA World Championship French
2006 FIBA World Championship Spanish
Yuen Long Chinese
Yuen Long English
Linas-Marcoussis French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Town of Denning, New York English
Kiribati government English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kiribati government Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"