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
Puerto del Rosario Spanish
Duluth, Georgia, United States
surface form: Duluth, Georgia
English
Cuéllar Spanish
Cuatrociénegas Flora and Fauna Protection Area Spanish via predicate surface "mainLanguageOfAdministration"
Copán Department Spanish
Cabildo de Lanzarote Spanish
San Bartolomé Spanish
Tías Spanish
Government of Montenegro Montenegrin
surface form: Montenegrin language
Bantam English
Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sesquilé Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asamblea Departamental de Cundinamarca español via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mohéli Comorian
Mohéli Arabic
Mohéli French
Kalaburagi Kannada via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Telde Spanish
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical English
Bagalkot district Kannada
Barendrecht Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province No. 1, Nepal Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sankhuwasabha District Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fipa Swahili language via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Fipa English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Supreme Court of Justice of Bolivia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PGFD/EMS English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Lavandou French
Nordanstig Municipality Swedish
Ovanåker Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Russian Olympic Committee Russian
Ilyas Shahi dynasty Persian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Tiruppur Tamil
Governor of Tamil Nadu English
Governor of Tamil Nadu Tamil
Kovai Tamil
Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ronco sopra Ascona, Ticino, Switzerland
surface form: Ronco sopra Ascona
Italian
Bhola District Bengali
Vélez Spanish
Municipality of Chocontá Spanish
Chaco Province Spanish
Igunga District Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Igunga District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gjesdal Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Námestovo Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
surface form: Confoederatio Helvetica
German
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
surface form: Confoederatio Helvetica
French