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
Centro Region Portuguese
Coimbra District Portuguese
Hoofddorp Dutch
Kilimanjaro Region Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Kilimanjaro Region English
Provincial Assembly of Sindh Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Provincial Assembly of Sindh Sindhi
Cardiff Council English
Cardiff Council Welsh
Kirkkonummi, Finland
surface form: Kirkkonummi
Finnish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Finnish
Kirkkonummi, Finland
surface form: Kirkkonummi
Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ṭarābulus Arabic
Orissa Odia
Ladakh Hindi
Ladakh English
Sayyid dynasty Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bimini English
Kuwait Governorate of Al Asimah Arabic
Assisi Italian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Brunei British protectorate Malay
Tarabulus al-Gharb Arabic
Hallbergmoos German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Board of Port Commissioners English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Taipei City Mandarin Chinese
Examination Yuan Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amarah Arabic
Changping District Standard Chinese
Gustloff-Werk II subcamp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Weil der Stadt German
Denmark–Norway Danish
Denmark–Norway Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian (Dano-Norwegian)
San Savino Italian
Princess of Lucca and Piombino French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
United States District Court for the District of Alaska English
Puerto Ayacucho Spanish
Tel Aviv District Hebrew
Gallarta Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gallarta Basque via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parthian Empire Parthian language
Parthian Empire Middle Persian language
surface form: Middle Persian
Parthian Empire Greek language
Keelung Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Artland German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Coolamon Shire Council chambers English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Saint-André-du-Bois, Gironde, France
surface form: Saint-André-du-Bois
French
Yffiniac French
Bergen op Zoom Dutch
Maasdam Dutch
Saint-Imier French