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
Seo-gu
surface form: Seo-gu, Daejeon
Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Remire-Montjoly French
Kfar Saba, Israel
surface form: Kfar Saba
Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Nepal Nepali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Nepali language
Puerto de la Cruz Spanish
Los Realejos Spanish
Slobodni teritorij Trsta talijanski jezik
Slobodni teritorij Trsta slovenski jezik
Vardhana (Pushyabhuti) dynasty Sanskrit via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
West Karbi Anglong district Assamese
World Press Freedom Day English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Press Freedom Day French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Press Freedom Day Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bastia French
Compiegne
surface form: Compiègne
French
Burgos Spanish
Boa Vista (Cape Verde) Portuguese
La Blanche Île English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Blanche Île French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maracay Spanish
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Hindi via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Shibin el-Kom Arabic
Iowa House of Representatives districts English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialDescriptions"
La Mesa, Cundinamarca Spanish
County Mayo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Midlands–North-West English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Midlands–North-West Irish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Páirtí an Lucht Oibre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Páirtí an Lucht Oibre Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fianna Fáil English
Fianna Fáil Irish
Rizal Filipino
Rizal English
New Era, Quezon City Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Era, Quezon City English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Texas Courts of Appeals English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department English
BGer German
BGer French
BGer Italian
TF German via predicate surface "officialLanguages"
TF French via predicate surface "officialLanguages"
TF Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguages"
TF Romansh language via predicate surface "officialLanguages"
surface form: Romansh
Shivamogga Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
surface form: Zapopan
Spanish
Confignon French
Kymenlaakso Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Furong District Standard Chinese
Gigante Spanish