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
Nantouillet French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pedro Miguel Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Campoformido Italian
Byzantine institutions Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Sion French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of Sion French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hôtel de Ville d’Auch French via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Graus Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arogno Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Cameroon French
Central Cameroon English
Tartar Azerbaijani language
surface form: Azerbaijani
Middle Juba Somali
Middle Juba Arabic
Board of Directors of Long Beach Transit English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Republic of Ezo Japanese
EBA
surface form: European Banking Authority
English
Kotte Divisional Secretariat Sinhala via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kotte Divisional Secretariat Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Communes of Haute-Garonne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grünberg German
Cases-de-Pène French
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes French
Tuchan French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Formiguères French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Llagonne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
government of Tsar Alexis of Russia Church Slavonic via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Council of Oman Arabic
Ministry of Health (Oman) Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (Oman) Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Information (Oman) Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Dos de Mayo Province Spanish
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme French
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme English
Valentigney, France
surface form: Valentigney
French
Hohen Neuendorf German
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Anseba Region Tigrinya
Eritrea–Ethiopia federation Amharic
Eritrea–Ethiopia federation Tigrinya
Eritrea–Ethiopia federation Arabic
Allied occupation of Asmara English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Allied occupation of Asmara Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Northern Governorate (Bahrain) Arabic
Dresden, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Ukrainian
San Pedro de Lloc Spanish
Agios Nikolaos municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ierapetra municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Øygarden Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"