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
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region English
Srirangapatna Kannada
Government of Uttar Pradesh Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca Spanish
Vaud French
Swabia (Bavaria) German
Bailén, Jaén, Spain
surface form: Bailén
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Finnøy Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
Armyansk Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Armyansk Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Armyansk Crimean Tatar language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Crimean Tatar
ICC
surface form: International Criminal Court
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICC
surface form: International Criminal Court
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vétheuil, France
surface form: Vétheuil
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Namdrik Atoll Marshallese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marshallese
Namdrik Atoll English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shimamoto Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kwara State English
Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourgish
Esch-sur-Alzette French
Esch-sur-Alzette German
East Florida English
Tiruchirappalli Tamil
Los Ríos Province Spanish
Lao Laos via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Erode Tamil
Bolívar Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reserva de la Biosfera Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado español via predicate surface "idiomaOficialDeGestión"
Kogi State English
Dudelange Luxembourgish
Dudelange French
Dudelange German
Ñuñoa Spanish
Pendleton, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
British Western Pacific Territories English
Mondorf-les-Bains Luxembourgish
Mondorf-les-Bains French
Mondorf-les-Bains German
Aguascalientes Spanish
Diocese of Münster German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manabí Province Spanish
Northern Samar Filipino
Northern Samar English
Kinyarwanda Rwanda via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Tremblay-en-France French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Orly French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hockey Canada English
Hockey Canada French
Canadian Olympic Committee English
Canadian Olympic Committee French