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
Blaustein German
Greek language Greece via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Greek language Cyprus via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Greek language European Union via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Badr City Arabic
Huangshi Standard Chinese
Republic of Artsakh Armenian
linked to: Armenian language
Nola Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French Republic French
French Republic French via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Cayo Tiburón Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageInJurisdiction"
Cayo Tiburón English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageInJurisdiction"
mainland Portugal Portuguese
Beja District Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
California Environmental Protection Agency English
Perak Malay
Broglie, Eure, France French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Silves Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
Bagratid Armenia Classical Armenian
French Union French
Taurida Oblast Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vrindavan Hindi
Saint Catherine Arabic
DGC Arabic
DGC Chinese
DGC English
DGC French
DGC Russian
DGC Spanish
Veneto Italian
Belweder Palace area in Warsaw Polish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Nieuw-Vennep Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rozenburg (Haarlemmermeer) Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Negeri Sembilan Malay
Mali French
Richmond Hill, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Clair, New Brunswick French
Clair, New Brunswick English
First Republic of Armenia Armenian
linked to: Armenian language
Cầu Giấy District Vietnamese
Pahang Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State House of Kenya English
State House of Kenya Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
Brakel Dutch
Al Madinah Province Arabic
Mahabad Republic Kurdish
Manipur Meitei
linked to: Meitei language
Manipur English
Villapinzón Spanish
Kareli Georgian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
linked to: Georgian language