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
Rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat, Brussels
surface form: Rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat, Brussels
surface form: Rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayodhya Assembly constituency Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ayuntamiento de Madrid Spanish
WEA
surface form: World Evangelical Alliance
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grottammare Italian
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Byzantine theme of Syria Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nacimiento Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Karnataka Kannada
Colón Spanish
Jovellanos Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Limonar Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Perico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Los Arabos Spanish
Kejimkujik National Park English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kejimkujik National Park French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Geokchay Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Texas Historical Commission English
Constitution of Bahrain Arabic
Government of Bahrain Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Flag of Saint Lucia English via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Curicó Province Spanish
Kirchstetten, Austria German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Punjab, Pakistan Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Felanitx Catalan
Felanitx Spanish
Kolsås Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian Bokmål
Alirajpur Hindi
Westmount, Quebec, Canada French
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie French
Savage Islands Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Thoiry French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schellenberg German
Engenho do Meio Portuguese
Jaboatão dos Guararapes Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Entre Ríos Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cádiz Province Spanish
45th Annual Grammy Awards English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OAS
surface form: Organization of American States
English
OAS
surface form: Organization of American States
Spanish
OAS
surface form: Organization of American States
Portuguese
OAS
surface form: Organization of American States
French
Langfang Standard Chinese
Borough of Somerset English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maryland Film Office English
Government of the Republic of Cyprus Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of the Republic of Cyprus Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Central Bank of Cyprus Greek
Central Bank of Cyprus English