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
Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat, Brussels
surface form: Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French Community French
German-speaking Community German
Women’s Tennis Association English
Dresden German
Mie Prefecture Japanese
Communities of Belgium Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Communities of Belgium French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Communities of Belgium German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Belleville, Ontario English
Monument Valley (Arizona portion) Navajo people via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Navajo
Monument Valley (Arizona portion) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yaeyama Islands Japanese
Madrid, Cundinamarca Spanish
Mahbubnagar Telugu
Dili, Timor-Leste Tetum
Dili, Timor-Leste Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Arica y Parinacota Region Spanish
Gombe Swahili language via predicate surface "primaryCountryOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Gombe English via predicate surface "primaryCountryOfficialLanguage"
Judicial branch of Chile Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Male
surface form: Malé
Dhivehi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Konkani Goa via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
surface form: Burnaby
English
Volyn Oblast Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carnegie, Angus English
Municipality of Faro Portuguese
Warsaw District German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Warsaw District Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Metro Vancouver, Canada
surface form: Metro Vancouver
English
Alentejo Portuguese
Timmins English
Timmins French
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Spanish
Kingdom of Navarre Latin
Kingdom of Navarre Hispano-Romance dialects
surface form: Navarrese Romance
Kingdom of Navarre Basque
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke English
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke French
Howrah Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Nain English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nain Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Inuttitut
German-speaking Belgium German
DGS
surface form: California Department of General Services
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
French
New Caledonia French
Assyria Akkadian
New France French
Hoàn Kiếm District Vietnamese
Đông Anh District Vietnamese