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
Secretariat
surface form: Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community
Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Cannes French
Meyrin French
Kagoshima Prefecture Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port Louis English
Collective Security Treaty Organization Russian
Cockburn Town English
Telangana Telugu
Cernobbio Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bat Yam Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Azerbaijani
Boston City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Free People’s State of Württemberg German
CoE
surface form: Council of Europe
English
CoE
surface form: Council of Europe
French
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities English
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities French
Tabuk Region Arabic
Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Zealand education sector English via predicate surface "supportsOfficialLanguages"
New Zealand education sector Te Reo Māori via predicate surface "supportsOfficialLanguages"
surface form: Māori language
New Zealand education sector New Zealand Sign Language via predicate surface "supportsOfficialLanguages"
Waitangi Tribunal English
Waitangi Tribunal Māori
CSA
surface form: Canadian Space Agency
English
CSA
surface form: Canadian Space Agency
French
state of Yucatán
surface form: Yucatán
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Cebu Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano
Cebu Filipino
Cebu English
Pannonia Latin via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
NHS Lothian English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of Appeal of New Zealand English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of Appeal of New Zealand Te Reo Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Māori
World Rugby English
New Zealand government English via predicate surface "officialLanguagesRecognized"
New Zealand government Māori language via predicate surface "officialLanguagesRecognized"
New Zealand government New Zealand Sign Language via predicate surface "officialLanguagesRecognized"
Glasgow City Council English
Hagåtña, Guam
surface form: Hagåtña
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hagåtña, Guam
surface form: Hagåtña
Chamorro via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mansoura Arabic
Yukon English
Yukon French
Serie Nacional de Béisbol Spanish
Evere Dutch
Evere French
Lommersweiler German
Morona-Santiago Province Spanish
Gaborone English