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
Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community
linked to: Secretariat
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
Cannes French
Meyrin French
Kagoshima Prefecture Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port Louis English
Collective Security Treaty Organization Russian
Cockburn Town English
Telangana Telugu
Cernobbio Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bat Yam Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Azerbaijani
Boston City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Free People’s State of Württemberg German
Council of Europe
linked to: CoE
English
Council of Europe
linked to: CoE
French
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities English
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities French
Tabuk Region Arabic
Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Zealand education sector English via predicate surface "supportsOfficialLanguages"
New Zealand education sector Māori language via predicate surface "supportsOfficialLanguages"
linked to: Te Reo Māori
New Zealand education sector New Zealand Sign Language via predicate surface "supportsOfficialLanguages"
Waitangi Tribunal English
Waitangi Tribunal Māori
Canadian Space Agency
linked to: CSA
English
Canadian Space Agency
linked to: CSA
French
Yucatán
linked to: state of Yucatán
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Cebu Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language
Cebu Filipino
Cebu English
Pannonia Latin via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
NHS Lothian English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of Appeal of New Zealand English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of Appeal of New Zealand Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
linked to: Te Reo Māori
World Rugby English
New Zealand government English via predicate surface "officialLanguagesRecognized"
New Zealand government Māori language via predicate surface "officialLanguagesRecognized"
New Zealand government New Zealand Sign Language via predicate surface "officialLanguagesRecognized"
Glasgow City Council English
Hagåtña
linked to: Hagåtña, Guam
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hagåtña
linked to: Hagåtña, Guam
Chamorro via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mansoura Arabic
Yukon English
Yukon French
Serie Nacional de Béisbol Spanish
Evere Dutch
Evere French
Lommersweiler German
Morona-Santiago Province Spanish
Gaborone English