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
WPRO Mongolian
WPRO Fijian languages
surface form: Fijian
WPRO Tok Pisin
Valletta Maltese
Valletta English
President of Malta Maltese via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
President of Malta English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Suez Arabic
Sitamarhi district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe English
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe French
Trawsfynydd Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trawsfynydd English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caribbean Netherlands Dutch
Caribbean Netherlands English
Wallis and Futuna French
Wallis and Futuna French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States English
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Russian
Pekela Dutch
Saharsa district Hindi
Qunu Xhosa via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Qunu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phoenix Park English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfLocation"
Phoenix Park Irish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfLocation"
Dublin Region English
Dublin Region Irish
Government of Western Australia English
Canóvanas Spanish
Canóvanas English
Büllingen German
Krinkelt German
Government of Nigeria English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Infrastructure and Projects Authority English
Kappel am Albis German
Iqaluit English
Iqaluit French
Iqaluit Inuktitut
Salé Arabic
Salé Amazigh
Sint Maarten Dutch
Sint Maarten English
Corsier-sur-Vevey French
Goslar German
Mechanicsville, Iowa English
Colonia Paulino Navarro Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kangiqsujuaq Inuktitut
Kangiqsujuaq French
Kangiqsujuaq English
Askim Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"