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
Gatineau English
White House Military Office English
Valencian Community Spanish
Valencian Community Valencian
linked to: Catalan
Valencian Community Valencian via predicate surface "hasCoOfficialLanguageStatusFor"
linked to: Catalan
Port of Spain English
Kaag en Braassem Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Selangor Malay
Arunachal Pradesh English
African Union
linked to: AU
Arabic
African Union
linked to: AU
English
African Union
linked to: AU
French
African Union
linked to: AU
Portuguese
African Union
linked to: AU
Spanish
African Union
linked to: AU
Kiswahili
African Union
linked to: AU
African languages if possible
Happy Valley-Goose Bay English
Aberdeenshire English
Sevagram Marathi
linked to: Marathi language
New Brunswick English
New Brunswick French
Burgas Bulgarian
Washington Supreme Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations agencies Arabic via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
United Nations agencies Chinese via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
United Nations agencies English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
United Nations agencies French via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
United Nations agencies Russian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
United Nations agencies Spanish via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Wardha district Marathi
Gaza City Arabic
Brussels-Capital Region French
Brussels-Capital Region Dutch
Monrovia English
United Nations Mission in Liberia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UEFA European Under-17 Futsal Championship English
UEFA European Under-17 Futsal Championship French
UEFA European Under-17 Futsal Championship German
UEFA European Under-17 Futsal Championship Russian
Sichuan Province Standard Chinese
San Luis, Arizona English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European People’s Party English
European People’s Party French
European People’s Party German
Bellevue French
Tocancipá Spanish
Yanam Telugu
Yanam French
Yanam English