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
United States of America none at federal level ⓘ
California English ⓘ
National Science Foundation English ⓘ
New York City English ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain English ⓘ
Portland, Oregon, United States English ⓘ
Dutch Republic Dutch ⓘ
Japan Japanese ⓘ
Japan Japanese via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" ⓘ
Chile Spanish ⓘ
Chile Spanish via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" ⓘ
Coquimbo Region Spanish ⓘ
English United Kingdom via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English United States via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English Canada via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English Australia via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English New Zealand via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English Ireland via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English India via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English Nigeria via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English South Africa via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English Philippines via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English Pakistan via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
English Singapore via predicate surface "officialOrDeFactoOfficialLanguageOf" ⓘ
Council of the District of Columbia English ⓘ
California State Legislature English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ⓘ
Puerto Rico Spanish ⓘ
Puerto Rico English ⓘ
United Nations Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ⓘ
United Nations Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ⓘ
United Nations English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ⓘ
United Nations French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ⓘ
United Nations Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ⓘ
United Nations Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ⓘ
NATO English ⓘ
NATO French ⓘ
Mexico Spanish ⓘ
Soviet Union Russian ⓘ
Belgium Dutch ⓘ
Belgium French ⓘ
Belgium German ⓘ
Giza Arabic ⓘ
Havana
linked to: Havana, Cuba
Spanish ⓘ
Geneva French ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland English ⓘ
Guam English ⓘ
Guam Chamorro ⓘ
OECD English ⓘ
OECD French ⓘ
Florida English ⓘ