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
Chumphon province Thai
Tuxpan
surface form: Tuxpan, Nayarit
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aurangabad Municipal Corporation Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Aurangabad Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Horten Norwegian
Novoalexandrovsk, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
City Hall of Perth Amboy English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
La Fe Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Despotate of Epirus Greek
Chessy French
Garzón Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Campoalegre Spanish
Ranyah Arabic
Cimahi Indonesian
Saint-Julien French
Almada Portuguese
Sikkim English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sikkim Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sikkim Sikkimese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sikkim Lepcha via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sikkim Limbu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sikkim Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jalpaiguri Bengali
Jalpaiguri English
Quinhagak, Alaska English
Kesswil, Thurgau, Switzerland
surface form: Kesswil
German
Papeete French
Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District French
Archaia Olympia Greek
Isabel Province English
Lugano Italian
Southern Switzerland Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Tetum via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageAtFacility"
Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageAtFacility"
Presidential Palace of Timor-Leste Tetum via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Presidential Palace of Timor-Leste Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Dili municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Dili municipality Tetum via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Timișoara Romanian
Standing Rock Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Côte-Nord region of Quebec
surface form: Côte-Nord
French
Bishopric of Krefeld Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montpellier French
Sos del Rey Católico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grosseto Italian
Rayalaseema Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Verbania Italian
Ranong province Thai
Central Andros English
Diksmuide Dutch