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
Camoapa, Nicaragua Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zandvoort Dutch
Chubut Province Spanish
Anand district Gujarati
Anand district Hindi
Austro-Hungarian Littoral German
Austro-Hungarian Littoral Italian
Austro-Hungarian Littoral Slovene
Austro-Hungarian Littoral Croatian
island of Newfoundland English
Benito Juárez Municipality Spanish
Miramar, Florida, United States
surface form: Miramar, Florida
English
Gianyar Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Trujillo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jhansi Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Maine State Library English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UK Film Council English
Colonia Peña Pobre Spanish
Central District, Israel Hebrew
Cagayan de Oro Filipino
Cagayan de Oro English
Matrouh Governorate Arabic
York Centre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
York Centre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vadodara Gujarati
Vadodara Hindi
Vadodara English
Antwerp Province Dutch
Lyubertsy Russian
Cremona Italian language
surface form: Italian
Bay Islands Spanish
Ahmednagar Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Dunkirk, France French
Augsburg German
Burdwan Bengali
Burdwan English
Gailingen am Hochrhein German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Île Jésus French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Big Sky
surface form: Big Sky Conference
English
ASEC
surface form: ASEAN Secretariat
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Scicli Italian
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington Arsenal Penitentiary
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Artemisa Spanish