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
Dollard-des-Ormeaux English
Bishop’s Lodge, Leicester English via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Håbo Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Transports publics genevois French
Chișinău Romanian language
surface form: Romanian
Bezirk Dresden German
CBE
surface form: Central Bank of Egypt
Arabic
Council of the League Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shubak al-Gharbi, Giza Governorate, Egypt
surface form: Shubak al-Gharbi
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riehen German
Sant Lluís Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Lluís Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
England and Wales English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hiiu County Estonian
Karlsruhe administrative region German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Areia Portuguese
Guarabira Portuguese
Mamanguape Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Bayanzürkh District Mongolian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gangseo District, Seoul Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Derbentsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tiree Wave Classic English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Imbiribeira Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Linha do Tiro Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ponto de Parada Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Totó Portuguese
Tejipió Portuguese
Jardim Uchôa Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cumaná Spanish
Sucre Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Busko County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIFA Confederations Cup English
FIFA Confederations Cup French
FIFA Confederations Cup Spanish
Navy Recruiting Command English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Terra de Miranda Mirandese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Supercopa de España Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maipo Province Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
West Region French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western Road campus English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Val Gardena Ladin language
surface form: Ladin
Val Gardena German
Val Gardena Italian
FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup English
FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup French
FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup Spanish
Bolpur Bengali
Kecskemét Hungarian
Cajamarca Region Spanish