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
Sitia Greek
Palmerston North English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Palmerston North Māori via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Bizerte Governorate Arabic
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality isiZulu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Sesotho via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Getaria Basque via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Getaria Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Borg El Arab Arabic
Rosario Spanish
Al Bayda Arabic
Colleville-sur-Mer French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Téboursouk Arabic
Nürnberg Ice Tigers German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ballia district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Northern Wei dynasty Classical Chinese
Kʼicheʼ Guatemala via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Guastalla Italian language
surface form: Italian
Lampung Indonesian
Municipality of Valparaíso Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Monowitz-Buna German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Pariser Platz German via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfLocation"
Cần Thơ Vietnamese
Aarau German
Dutchess County Public Transit English
Municipality of La Molina Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tiel Dutch
Cajatambo Province Spanish
Schwalm-Eder region German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Jhang Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States English
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States French
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States Portuguese
Flemish Community Dutch
Fratelli d'Italia Italian
Chamber of Deputies of Italy Italian
London 2012 Olympic beach volleyball tournament English
London 2012 Olympic beach volleyball tournament French
Lika-Senj County Croatian
Douglas, Isle of Man English
Douglas, Isle of Man Manx
Navy Office, Seething Lane English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Independent Police Complaints Commission English
President of Tynwald English
judicial branch of the Isle of Man English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reunion
surface form: Réunion
French
Les Abymes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hundred of Wirral English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"