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
Armenian language Armenia via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
surface form: Republic of Armenia
Armenian language Republic of Artsakh via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burpee and Mills English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Billings English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tehkummah English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
M’Chigeeng First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chrzanów County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chiriquí Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valldemossa Spanish
Valldemossa Catalan
Severodvinsk Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Formosa Spanish
Linden German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kumasi English
Alabama Historical Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spanish, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spanish, Ontario French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of the Canary Islands Spanish
La Orotava Spanish
municipality of Telde
surface form: Telde
Spanish
province of Las Palmas Spanish
PEN English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PEN French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PEN Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Navolato Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Badiraguato Spanish
Cosalá Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caucaia Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Icó Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aquiraz Portuguese
Mocorito Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jekabpils Latvian
Bhimnagar Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhimnagar Maithili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ille-et-Vilaine French
Commonwealth of Australia English
Commonwealth of Australia English via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Principality of Neuchâtel French
Orkney Islands Council English
La Rioja Spanish
Laxmi Nagar Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laxmi Nagar English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Yesca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elk Horn, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Strait Island Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Strait Island English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sète French
state of Hesse
surface form: Hesse
German
Prince-Bishopric of Constance Latin