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
Bolzano German
Bhopal Hindi
Shajapur Hindi
Sidhi Hindi
Petah Tikva Hebrew
Circuit Court for Baltimore County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jackie Robinson Day English
Sheguiandah First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fataleka language none via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageOf"
Bosco Marengo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carmen Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Francisco de Dos Ríos Spanish
Pavas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hailuoto Finnish language
surface form: Finnish
Prayagraj district Hindi
Prayagraj Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
King of Naples and Sicily Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
King of Naples and Sicily Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Banjar Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fugloy Faroese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Guayaramerín Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Westmorland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue de Trèves French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue de Trèves Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bupyeong District Korean
United Arab Republic Arabic
municipality of Haarlemmermeer
surface form: Haarlemmermeer
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Narathiwat Thai
Matamoros
surface form: Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Spanish
Mount Lebanon Governorate Arabic
Holguín Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nowy Sącz County Polish
Lunel French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colombes French
Delémont French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Constantine Province Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bahraich Hindi
Vannes French
Morada Nova Portuguese
Barbalha Portuguese
Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society English
Parish of St. Martin, Jersey English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey Turkish
Yerrabi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia German
Arrecife Spanish
Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
West Devon Borough Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Celle district German
Menzingen, Switzerland German