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
Nampicuan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nampicuan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
tyranny of Orthagorids Ancient Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique Portuguese
City of Chicago citywide elected officials English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Quilicura Spanish
Lo Prado Spanish
Kendrapara district Odia
Ahmednagar district Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Tuguegarao City Filipino
Tuguegarao City English
Dammartin-en-Goële French
Baeza Spanish
Bièvres French
Bukowno Polish
Prienai Lithuanian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Kaišiadorys District Municipality Lithuanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pripyat Russian via predicate surface "languageUsedOfficially"
Pripyat Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageUsedOfficially"
Kasargod district Malayalam
Tubas Governorate Arabic
Tubas Municipality Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Oak Point City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ros Treabhair Irish language toponymy via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vila Nova de Poiares Portuguese
Lousã Portuguese
Pescasseroli Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Abeïbara French
Saint-Sulpice
surface form: Saint-Sulpice, Quebec
French
Saint-Placide French
2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament English
2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament French
2008 Summer Olympics basketball tournament Chinese
WHO European Region Member States English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
WHO European Region Member States French via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
WHO European Region Member States Russian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Nzérékoré Region French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Guéckédou French
southeastern Guinea
surface form: Southeastern Guinea
French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Casablanca, Morocco Arabic
Casablanca, Morocco Amazigh
Evansville Division English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Concepcion
surface form: Concepcion, Tarlac
Filipino
Concepcion
surface form: Concepcion, Tarlac
English
Revel French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lévis, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Lévis
French
Guatire, Miranda, Venezuela
surface form: Guatire
Spanish