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
Northern Province, Rwanda French
Northern Province, Rwanda Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Burera District Kinyarwanda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burera District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burera District French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burera District Swahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rwanda Ministry of Health Kinyarwanda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rwanda Ministry of Health English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rwanda Ministry of Health French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burera District health catchment area Kinyarwanda via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Burera District health catchment area French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Burera District health catchment area English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Burera District authorities Kinyarwanda via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Burera District authorities English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Burera District authorities French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kileler municipality Greek
Fairs Cup Committee European languages via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Archdeaconry of Chester English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sibu Division Malay
Sibu Malay
Murum Dam on Murum River
surface form: Murum Dam
Malay via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
राष्ट्रिय सभा Nepali
City of Duluth Parks and Recreation Department English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Duluth City Hall English via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
surface form: Telangana
Telugu
Myrina Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Driewegen Dutch
Koudekerke Dutch
Gapinge Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buttinge en Zandvoort Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Durango, Mexico Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
MAC Football Championship Game English
Pöchlarn German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sagunto Spanish
Sagunto Catalan
surface form: Valencian
Requena Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Requena Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Valencian
Kapuas Hulu Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State House, Gaborone English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfOfficialBusiness"
State House, Gaborone Setswana via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfOfficialBusiness"
House of Chiefs (Botswana) English
Presidency of Fort William in Bengal English via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Presidency of Fort William in Bengal Persian (earlier period) via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Province of Turin Italian
Caselle Torinese Italian
Tyrnavos Greek
Agia Greek
Tempi Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kileler Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tyrnavos municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"