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
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation German
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development all official languages of the European Union via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Legal Service
surface form: Legal Service (European Commission)
French
Legal Service
surface form: Legal Service (European Commission)
English
Legal Service
surface form: Legal Service (European Commission)
German
Canada Revenue Agency English
Canada Revenue Agency French
TCC
surface form: Tax Court of Canada
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
TCC
surface form: Tax Court of Canada
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CCI English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
CCI French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Port of Barcelona Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port of Barcelona Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Federal State of Croatia Croatian
International Emmy Award for Best Actor English
Supaul district Maithili
Supaul district Hindi
Hämeenlinna Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ensenada Spanish
Pitigliano Italian language
surface form: Italian
Vevey French
Expo 85 Japanese
Expo 85 English
Bonaire Dutch
New Cairo Arabic
Genthod French
1958 FIFA World Cup English
1958 FIFA World Cup French
North West Setswana
North West English
BLS English
Mezzegra Italian
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
surface form: Hamilton, Ontario
English
Shubra El Kheima Arabic
Bernex French
Kikuyu none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
California state law English via predicate surface "languageOfAuthority"
Colonia Valle Gómez Spanish
Sicilian Regional Assembly Italian
Kinshasa French
Regional Government of Sicily Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chinese Malaysians Malay via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Rajpipla Gujarati
Rajpipla Hindi
Chimborazo Province Spanish
Bulawayo City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laconnex French
Montgenèvre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Pennsylvania English