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
Jabalpur district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Roca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Viedma Spanish
Adamawa Region French
Adamawa Region English
Environment, Food and Agriculture
surface form: Environment, Food and Agriculture (Isle of Man)
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mexican people Spanish language
Edirne Palace ruins Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Las Condes Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sagar Hindi
Dodoma Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Dodoma English
Fortaleza Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Pontcharra French
Archdeaconry of Charing Cross English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
San Sebastián de los Reyes Spanish
Vladimir Oblast Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Mikolow
surface form: Mikołów
Polish
Yumbel Spanish
Central American Parliament Spanish
Archdeaconry of Hackney English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Namur French
Rivas-Vaciamadrid Spanish
Ryazan Oblast Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Narragansett Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jabalpur Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Central Railway zone Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Central Railway zone English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Government of Lombardy Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kasserine Arabic
Balaghat Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guna Hindi
Howard County Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ara Hindi
Moss, Norway Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Kymi Greek
Altstadt
surface form: Altstadt (Salzburg)
German
Permanent Review Tribunal Spanish
Permanent Review Tribunal Portuguese
Permanent Review Tribunal Guaraní
Permanent Review Tribunal English
Revolutionary Government of Cuba Spanish
municipality of Patmos Greek
Canton of St. Gallen German
Austin, Texas, United States English
Tampere Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gospić Croatian
Carinthia German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magdalena Department Spanish