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
West Futunan language none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Bakultala Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bakultala English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Arab Ministers Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Texas and Mexico
surface form: Mexico
Spanish
Captaincy General of the Philippines Spanish
Servicio de Impuestos Internos Spanish
Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile Spanish
Fondo de Estabilización Económica y Social Spanish via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfOfficialDocuments"
Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile Spanish
Narsinghpur Hindi
Givatayim Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harrow West English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hamm, Germany
surface form: Hamm
German
Bermuda archipelago English
Outremont French
Colomiers French
Green Line
surface form: Green Line (MARTA)
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of the First Czechoslovak Republic Czech
Government of the First Czechoslovak Republic Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Arlon French
Rosario
surface form: Rosario, Sinaloa
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kraslava Latvian
Latgale Latvian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Georgetown English
Governor of British Guiana English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Indian Ocean Rim Association English
NL Dutch via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Qianjiang Standard Chinese
Limburg (Belgium) Dutch
Township of North Stormont English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of South Dundas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marowijne District Dutch
Blitar Indonesian
Ahaus town hall German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Obrenovac Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Garanhuns Portuguese
Andros Town English
Haynrode German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ahome Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Choix Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sinaloa Municipality Spanish
Angostura Spanish
Concordia
surface form: Concordia, Sinaloa
Spanish
Concordia
surface form: Concordia Municipality
Spanish
Kirkland Lake English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vegårshei Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Chambésy, Switzerland
surface form: Chambésy
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Talavera de la Reina Spanish
Pollença Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"