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
Domodedovo Russian
Governorate of Livonia Russian
Hungary in World War II Hungarian
Peterborough (unitary authority area for ceremonial purposes)
surface form: Peterborough (unitary authority)
English
Kampala English
Kampala Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Government of Uganda English
Government of Uganda Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces Finnish
Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces Swedish
European External Action Service all official languages of the European Union
EULEX Kosovo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
EULEX Kosovo Albanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
EULEX Kosovo Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southwest Finland Finnish
Southwest Finland Swedish
former Turku and Pori Province
surface form: Turku and Pori Province
Finnish
former Turku and Pori Province
surface form: Turku and Pori Province
Swedish
Masku Finnish
Swedish People’s Party of Finland Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
Swedish People’s Party of Finland Finnish
Finns Finland via predicate surface "officialLanguageStatusIn"
Government of Uruguay Spanish
Kingdom of Valencia Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Valencian
Kingdom of Valencia Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Valencia Aragonese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Valencia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Norfolk, England
surface form: Norfolk
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madurai Tamil
Meghalaya English
Meghalaya English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guasca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riyadh Province Arabic
House of Commons chamber English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panama Canal Zone (historical)
surface form: Panama Canal Zone
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tours French
Fujian Standard Chinese
Kedah Malay
Agria Greek
Ostrobothnia Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ostrobothnia Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaspi Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Huanggang Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buitenkaag Dutch
Kelantan Malay
Uusimaa Finnish
Uusimaa Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
Caucasus Oblast Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"