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
German Confederation German
Old Swiss Confederacy German
Old Swiss Confederacy French
Old Swiss Confederacy Italian
Exuma English
Windhoek English
Illinois state court system English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chancery Division English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament English
Kenora English
Thu Duc City Vietnamese
Municipality of São Brás de Alportel Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pontianak Indonesian
South Ossetia Ossetian language
surface form: Ossetian
South Ossetia Russian
La Cité-Limoilou French
Les Rivières French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Assembly of Quebec French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Mexico City Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mérida Spanish
Congo
surface form: Republic of the Congo
French
Congo
surface form: Republic of the Congo
Kituba via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Congo
surface form: Republic of the Congo
Lingala via predicate surface "recognizedNationalLanguage"
Arusha, Tanzania Swahili
Arusha, Tanzania English
Kuala Lumpur Malay
Peach County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carolina, Puerto Rico Spanish
Carolina, Puerto Rico English
Marsa Matruh Arabic
Islamic Development Bank Arabic
Islamic Development Bank English
Islamic Development Bank French
Sweden–Norway union Swedish
Sweden–Norway union Norwegian
Yap State English
Yap State Yapese
Yap State Ulithian
Yap State Woleaian
Yap State Satawalese language
surface form: Satawalese
Yap State Ifalik
surface form: Ifalikese
Zagazig Arabic
Pichincha Province Spanish
Mashonaland region
surface form: Mashonaland
English language
Harare City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secretariat
surface form: Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community
English
Secretariat
surface form: Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community
French
Secretariat
surface form: Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community
Portuguese