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
Northern Cape Provincial Government English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Indian reservations in the United States English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
León, Guanajuato Spanish
Algiers Province Arabic
Algiers Province Tamazight
Government of Algeria Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Algeria Tamazight via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tours, France
surface form: Tours
French
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs Slovene
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs Serbo-Croatian
Uithoorn Dutch
El Arish Arabic
Antisuyu Quechua via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Froland Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Tofino English
Wei Hai Wei English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nunatsiavut Inuktitut
surface form: Inuttitut
Nunatsiavut English
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Carolina
surface form: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Spanish
municipality of Carolina
surface form: Carolina, Puerto Rico
English
Ashgabat Turkmen language
surface form: Turkmen
ECO
surface form: Economic Cooperation Organization
English
ECO
surface form: Economic Cooperation Organization
Persian
ECO
surface form: Economic Cooperation Organization
Turkish
ECO
surface form: Economic Cooperation Organization
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Alcaldía Tláhuac Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Désirade French
Paxos Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Legislative Assembly of Madeira Portuguese
Barnim (district) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cautín Province Spanish
La Araucanía International Airport Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole Italian
Noida Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe English
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe French
Ghaziabad Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wargandí Spanish
Djibouti City Arabic
Djibouti City French
ECOWAS Parliament English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ECOWAS Parliament French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ECOWAS Parliament Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kalaallisut Greenland via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"