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
Pescina Italian
Government of Taiwan Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gifu Japanese
Uccle French
Uccle Dutch
Donostia-San Sebastián Spanish
Donostia-San Sebastián Basque
Dholera Gujarati
Dholera Hindi
Côte-Saint-Luc French
Côte-Saint-Luc English
Nador Arabic
Nador Amazigh
Kristiansand Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Harda Hindi
Wrexham County Borough English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wrexham County Borough Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Meerut division Hindi
Ürümqi Standard Chinese
Karamay Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ullern district
surface form: Ullern
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oensingen German
Scania Swedish
Kragstalund Swedish
Ciutadella de Menorca Spanish
Ciutadella de Menorca Catalan
Alaior Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alaior Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Senta Serbian via predicate surface "officialLanguageInMunicipality"
Senta Hungarian via predicate surface "officialLanguageInMunicipality"
Val Badia Ladin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bayangol District Mongolic languages via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Mongolian
Invercargill English
Invercargill Māori
Gaza Province Portuguese
Laval French
Granada Spanish
Montréal-Est French
Nattheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St. Pölten German
Kayqubad I Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ingushetia Russian
Søndre Nordstrand district
surface form: Søndre Nordstrand
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vorpommern-Rügen German
Vich French
Rostov Oblast Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Shahdol Hindi
Wahkiakum County, Washington English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ikhshidid dynasty Arabic via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Rogaland Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian