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
Netherlands Indies Civil Administration Dutch via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Netherlands Indies Civil Administration Malay via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
RIS
surface form: Republic of the United States of Indonesia
Indonesian
USI
surface form: United States of Indonesia
Indonesian
Republik Indonesia Serikat Indonesian
Republic of Indonesia (1945–1950) Indonesian
Trang municipal government Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mueang Chaiya District Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
kurram
surface form: Kurram
Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Nam-gu, Ulsan Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2015 IPC Athletics World Championships English
2015 IPC Athletics World Championships Arabic
Sokolniki District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Bochnia Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Lipnica Murowana Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Łapanów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Rzezawa Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Żegocina Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riddes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Medinan Muslim state Arabic
Wrocław Voivodeship (1975–1998) Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chihuahua, Mexico Spanish
Arrondissement of Croix-des-Bouquets French
Arrondissement of Croix-des-Bouquets Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Ayt Ndhir dialect spoken alongside Arabic in Morocco via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Tochigi 5th district Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
COD French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Batopilas Municipality Spanish
Inuvik Region English
Inuvik Region French
Inuvik Region Inuvialuktun NERFINISHED
Inuvik Region Gwichʼin NERFINISHED
Inuvik Region North Slavey NERFINISHED
Inuvik Region South Slavey NERFINISHED
Inuvik Region Inuktitut NERFINISHED
Hai Phong municipal authorities Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Allhallows English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cymru North English
Cymru North Welsh
Tarłów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brookville, Ohio English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Las Marías Spanish
Municipality of Las Marías English
Municipality of Isabela Spanish
Municipality of Isabela English
Thốt Nốt District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"