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
Villeneuve d’Ascq French
Gökçeada Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Boxing Association English
World Boxing Association Spanish
ATP Tour English
French Open French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French Open English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile French
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile English
Kadamtala Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kadamtala English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Namdong District Korean via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Agincourt English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eglinton East English
Andratx Spanish
Andratx Catalan
Stari Grad
surface form: Stari Grad (Belgrade)
Serbian
Poltava Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State of Victoria English
district of See/Lac German
district of See/Lac French
municipality of Mont-Vully
surface form: Mont-Vully
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Mont-Vully
surface form: Mont-Vully
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flachgau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Øvre Eiker Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Sheopur Hindi
Kiryat Ono Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Al Lith Arabic
Al Jumum Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Campeones Cup English
Campeones Cup Spanish
Fresnillo Spanish at municipal level via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageStatus"
San Pedro Garza García Spanish
Ogasawara Village Japanese
Pelee Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Directorate of the Moscow Kremlin Russian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Spanish is an official language of Ecuador
surface form: Spanish language in Ecuador
Ecuador via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
surface form: Republic of Ecuador
Biscay Spanish
Biscay Basque
Soule French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Basque Parliament Basque
Basque Parliament Spanish
Federal Court of Australia English
trial division
surface form: Trial Division of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ilha do Zeca (Engenho do Meio) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Coast English
West Coast Māori
Boumerdès Province Arabic
Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité (for Amazigh languages)
surface form: Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité
French
Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité (for Amazigh languages)
surface form: Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité
Arabic