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
Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French Community French
German-speaking Community German
Women’s Tennis Association English
Dresden German
Mie Prefecture Japanese
Communities of Belgium Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Communities of Belgium French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Communities of Belgium German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguages"
Belleville, Ontario English
Monument Valley (Arizona portion) Navajo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
linked to: Navajo people
Monument Valley (Arizona portion) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yaeyama Islands Japanese
Madrid, Cundinamarca Spanish
Mahbubnagar Telugu
Dili, Timor-Leste Tetum
Dili, Timor-Leste Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Arica y Parinacota Region Spanish
Gombe Swahili via predicate surface "primaryCountryOfficialLanguage"
linked to: Swahili language
Gombe English via predicate surface "primaryCountryOfficialLanguage"
Judicial branch of Chile Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malé
linked to: Male
Dhivehi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Konkani Goa via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Burnaby English
Volyn Oblast Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carnegie, Angus English
Municipality of Faro Portuguese
Warsaw District German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Warsaw District Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Metro Vancouver English
Alentejo Portuguese
Timmins English
Timmins French
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Spanish
Kingdom of Navarre Latin
Kingdom of Navarre Navarrese Romance
Kingdom of Navarre Basque
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke English
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke French
Howrah Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Nain English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nain Inuttitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
linked to: Inuktitut
German-speaking Belgium German
California Department of General Services
linked to: DGS
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Second French Empire French
New Caledonia French
Assyria Akkadian
New France French
Hoàn Kiếm District Vietnamese
Đông Anh District Vietnamese