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
Togo French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Togo Ewe via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Togo Kabiye via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Papal States Latin
Papal States Italian
Bayonne French
Kingdom of Aragon Aragonese language
surface form: Aragonese
Kingdom of Aragon Latin
Ulster English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mizoram Mizo people
surface form: Mizo
Mizoram English
EEC French
EEC German
EEC Italian
EEC Dutch
Common Market French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Common Market German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Common Market Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Common Market Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Common Market other official EU languages over time via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Interpol English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Interpol French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Interpol Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Interpol Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Interpol Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Interpol Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Interpol German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lobachevsky Prize Russian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Lobachevsky Prize English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Tang dynasty Classical Chinese
Tuscany Italian
San Luis Potosí Spanish
La Gomera Spanish
Kerala Malayalam
Kerala English
Ventimiglia Italian
Norfolk Island English
Río Muni Spanish
Río Muni French
Río Muni Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Catalonia Catalan
Catalonia Spanish
Catalonia Catalan via predicate surface "hasCoOfficialLanguageStatus"
Catalonia Spanish via predicate surface "hasCoOfficialLanguageStatus"
Catalonia Occitan via predicate surface "hasCoOfficialLanguageStatus"
surface form: Occitan (Aranese)
Oshawa English
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti French
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Arabic
French Polynesia French
Gatineau French