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
Beluu er a Belau Palauan
Beluu er a Belau English
Palauan Palau via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
surface form: Republic of Palau
Rajahmundry Telugu
Jerusalem Municipality Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Jerusalem Municipality Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec
French
Bayamón Spanish
Bayamón English
Gozo Maltese
Gozo English
Province of Canada English
Province of Canada French
Calabria Italian
French colony of Saint-Domingue French
Veyrier French
Selma City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Francophone Africa French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trujillo Alto Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trujillo Alto English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Granada (Mexico City neighborhood) Spanish
Basilicata Italian
Dongo Italian
Saint-Hubert, Quebec French
Shorouk City Arabic
Cartigny French
Mano River Union English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mano River Union French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC other official languages of ECSC member states via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhilwara Hindi
Spanish East Indies Spanish
East Belgium German
Corner Brook English
Nuevo Laredo Spanish
Lublin Voivodeship Polish
Resident-General of Korea Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Cauchy-à-la-Tour French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Île d’Yeu French
Izmir International Fair Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Izmir International Fair English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Italian East Africa Italian language
surface form: Italian
Italian East Africa Amharic
Italian East Africa Arabic
Italian East Africa Tigrinya
Italian East Africa Somali
Mierzanowo Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"