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
oss Republic of North Ossetia–Alania via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
oss Republic of South Ossetia via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
Resen Macedonian
Pustec Albanian
Vanuatu government Bislama
Vanuatu government English
Vanuatu government French
Municipality of Concepción Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Noardeast-Fryslân Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Noardeast-Fryslân municipality
surface form: Noardeast-Fryslân
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Frisian government Dutch
Frisian government West Frisian
Government of Cameroon French
Government of Cameroon English
Government of Chad French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Chad Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese
Government of Burundi Kirundi
Government of Burundi French
Government of Burundi English
Ostend, Frankfurt am Main German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Union Agency for the Space Programme English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Union Agency for the Space Programme other official languages of the European Union via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Libertad, Petén Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Deux-Montagnes French
Israeli legislative election, 1951 Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Garliava Lithuanian
Šakiai Lithuanian
Gitwangak English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Place du Trône French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Place du Trône Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shahhat Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IPA
surface form: International Publishers Association
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IPA
surface form: International Publishers Association
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rollot French
Vyshhorod Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Pikine Department French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zarqa Governorate Arabic
Tondela Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Håvik Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Niepołomice Polish
Saint George Parish English
Cuttack district Odia
Arctic Bay Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arctic Bay English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2018 Winter Paralympics Korean
2018 Winter Paralympics English
Danderyd, Sweden
surface form: Danderyd Municipality
Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"