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
Ceredigion English
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security of Massachusetts English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gyeonggi Province Korean
Regions of Belgium Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Regions of Belgium French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Regions of Belgium German (in Wallonia’s German-speaking area) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Municipality of Castro Marim Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
surface form: Pohnpei
English
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development English
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development French
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Spanish
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Arabic
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Chinese
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Russian
La Défense French
Phi Beta Kappa Society English
Upper Bavaria German
Province of Carolina English
Douglas English
Tangier Arabic
Tangier Amazigh
St Omer French
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria German
Congress Poland Polish
Congress Poland Russian
Campania Italian
OPEC Secretariat English
State of Oaxaca Spanish
Flag of Sweden Swedish via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Palikir English
Iranian Azerbaijan Persian language via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
surface form: Persian
Minister for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Île-de-France Mobilités French
Goethe-Institut German
Municipality of Vila do Bispo Portuguese
Lower Bavaria German
OPEC Fund for International Development English
State of Guanajuato Spanish
Damietta Arabic
Schleswig-Holstein German
Sibaté Spanish
Phúc Thọ District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Democratic Republic of Georgia Georgian language
surface form: Georgian
Upper Palatinate German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Albufeira Portuguese
Putrajaya Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lower Austria German
Charlesbourg French
Welland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southeast Region of Brazil Portuguese