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
1994 Winter Paralympics English
Øyer Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Øyer Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialFormOfLanguage"
Laurentides French
Government of England Latin (early period) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of England French (Norman and Plantagenet periods) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of England English (later periods) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Province of Cebu Filipino
Province of Cebu English
Jahra Arabic
Huaral Spanish
Colonia Isidro Fabela Spanish in Mexico via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Buskerud Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
Manaus Portuguese
Príncipe Portuguese
Arnold Sports Festival English
LPC
surface form: Liberal Party of Canada
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
LPC
surface form: Liberal Party of Canada
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Pedro Mártir Spanish
Colonia Héroes de Padierna Spanish
Haute-Corse French
Parc naturel régional de Corse French
Stanley English
Rochford District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pachacámac Spanish
Pasadena Transit English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gernika-Lumo Basque via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Gernika-Lumo Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ministry of Home Affairs of Bermuda English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Constitución Spanish
Brades English
The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean English
Asunción Spanish
Asunción Guaraní
Eastern District, American Samoa English
Eastern District, American Samoa Samoan
Kaw City, Oklahoma English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dushanbe Tajik language
surface form: Tajik
Metropolitan City of Naples Italian
Nachod
surface form: Náchod
Czech
Bengkulu Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Namsos Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Oudenarde Dutch
Ñuble Spanish
Nanjing decade Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Curtea de Argeș Monastery Romanian
Punta Arenas Province Spanish
Yellowknife English
Hunter
surface form: Division of Hunter
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alaufau English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"