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
Gaborone Setswana via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy English
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe English
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe French
Illapel Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rimini Italian
Montevideo Spanish
Al Bahah Region Arabic
Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. French
Embassy of the European Union in Washington, D.C. English
Embassy of Oman in Washington, D.C. Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Oman in Washington, D.C. English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Cyprus in Washington, D.C. Greek via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Cyprus in Washington, D.C. Turkish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Cyprus in Washington, D.C. English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Latvia in Washington, D.C. Latvian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Latvia in Washington, D.C. English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington, D.C. Luxembourgish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington, D.C. French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington, D.C. German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Cameroon in Washington, D.C. French via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Cameroon in Washington, D.C. English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C. Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C. Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C. Uzbek via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C. Russian via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C. English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C. Czech language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Czech
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C. English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Iceland in Washington, D.C. Icelandic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Iceland in Washington, D.C. English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Algeria in Washington, D.C. Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Algeria in Washington, D.C. French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
arrondissement of Verviers
surface form: Arrondissement of Verviers
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
arrondissement of Verviers
surface form: Arrondissement of Verviers
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schönberg German
Recht German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
RSI
surface form: Italian Social Republic
Italian
Israeli Labor Party Hebrew
Rugby World Cup English
Rugby World Cup French
City of Edinburgh council area English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Het Hogeland Dutch
Astorga Spanish
Heiden German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Directorate-General for Environment English
Directorate-General for Environment French
Directorate-General for Environment German
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation English
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation French