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
Elliot Lake English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elliot Lake French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cochrane District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tobermory, Ontario English
Greater London International Airport Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Suva City Council Chambers English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Suva City Council Chambers Fijian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Suva City Council Chambers Fiji Hindi via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Sioux Lookout English
Sudbury District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sudbury District French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Satu Mare Romanian language
surface form: Romanian
Three Brothers English via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Mont-Saint-Michel French
Belize District English
Sassnitz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
TECOM Group Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sarajevo Canton Bosnian
Sarajevo Canton Croatian
Sarajevo Canton Serbian
Texas Senate District 2 English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Riedholz German
Government of Malaysia Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Military Order of the Stars and Bars English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Böhmisch Aicha Czech via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguageOfLocality"
Kingdom of Hejaz Arabic
Egypt Eyalet Ottoman Turkish
Egypt Eyalet Arabic
Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shungnak English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rivas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kožlany Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grand Duchy of Finland Swedish
Grand Duchy of Finland Finnish
2011 IIHF World Championship English
2011 IIHF World Championship Slovak
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Pashto
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Dari
Porbandar Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Porbandar Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Securities and Markets Authority English
Jarash Governorate Arabic
Gavignano Italian
Miquelon-Langlade French
Colonia Mesa de los Hornos Spanish
Kiel German
Šabac Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Victoria (Australia) English
Ituri Province French
Ituri Province Swahili via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"