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
Kampenhout Dutch
Ministry of Finance building (Paramaribo) Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Court of Justice of Suriname Dutch
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Inner City of Paramaribo"
surface form: Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
Dutch via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
municipal authorities of Paramaribo Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Avikam people French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Budapest I. district Hungarian
Weggis German
Gurtnellen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mellingen German
Stein am Rhein German
Jersey English
Municipal government of Maracanaú Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San José canton Spanish
Zapote district Spanish
Municipality of San José Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipal government of San José Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kompong Thom Province Khmer via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace McDowell Award English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Thorold, Ontario, Canada
surface form: Thorold
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ACHPR Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
ACHPR English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ACHPR French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ACHPR Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ACHPR Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ACHPR Kiswahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Purba Medinipur district Bengali
Bankura district Bengali
Bankura district English
Dum Dum Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dum Dum Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tamluk subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yamagata metropolitan area Japanese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Moca, Puerto Rico Spanish
Moca, Puerto Rico English
Municipality of Añasco Spanish
Municipality of Añasco English
Rurutu French
Grafenrheinfeld German
Niederwerrn German
Kaibab Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rzepiennik Strzyżewski Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Sarawak (as a sovereign state)
surface form: Kingdom of Sarawak
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Plentzia Basque NERFINISHED
Plentzia Spanish
Rašića Gaj Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
WBLA Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
WBLA English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Transport Offices in West Bengal Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"