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
Elektrostal Russian
Santiago de Surco Spanish
Kongsvinger Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Grande-Terre French
Flintshire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flintshire Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gunzenhausen German
Flag of Belize English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Sheffield City Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kamchatka Krai Russian
Thorapalli Tamil
La Louvière French
Bavarian constitutional court
surface form: Bavarian Constitutional Court
German
Joseon Korean
Imatra Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Taipalsaari Finnish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Finnish
Central Division, Fiji English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Central Division, Fiji Fijian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Central Division, Fiji Fiji Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Centralist Mexican government Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Denpasar Indonesian
Provincial Government of Bali Indonesian
U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fleurus, Hainaut, Belgium French
New Zealand (until creation of VC for New Zealand and then in its own form)
surface form: New Zealand
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Zealand (until creation of VC for New Zealand and then in its own form)
surface form: New Zealand
Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Zealand (until creation of VC for New Zealand and then in its own form)
surface form: New Zealand
New Zealand Sign Language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nartkala Russian
Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Governor of Svalbard Norwegian
Judiciary of Norway Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jessheim Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Provincial government of Zeeland Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kingdom of Libya era Arabic
Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815) Polish via predicate surface "languageOfLaw"
Vistula Land province of the Russian Empire
surface form: Vistula Land
Russian
commune of Puteaux
surface form: Puteaux
French
Edward River Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
decentralized administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian
surface form: Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian
Greek
Dia do Fico Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfDeclaration"
Vinci Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Essex County, Ontario English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ranco Province Spanish
Paillaco Spanish
Natural Resources Wales English
Natural Resources Wales Welsh
Maassluis Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lindenwold English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Macon County
surface form: Macon County, Georgia
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"