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
International Sambo Federation Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Renfrewshire Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Surendranagar Gujarati
Surendranagar Hindi
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen Arabic
Daedeok-gu Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phang Nga province Thai
Tongatapu Tonga
surface form: Tongan
Tongatapu English
Arona Spanish
Prix Bordin French
Valleiry French
Senedd Commission Welsh
Senedd Commission English
Marnes-la-Coquette, France
surface form: Marnes-la-Coquette
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Las Tunas Spanish
Hatay Province Turkish
Vavaʻu Tonga
surface form: Tongan
Vavaʻu English
Puerto Vallarta Spanish
Cooch Behar Bengali
Purulia Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Purulia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brava (Cape Verde) Portuguese
Anson County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Smiths Falls, Ontario English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Uplands Airport English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uplands Airport French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bello Spanish
Itagüí Spanish
municipal mayor's office of Fusagasugá
surface form: Municipal Mayor's Office of Fusagasugá
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schönau am Königssee German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
BOK Korean
Capitola, California English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thoothukudi Tamil
Vinnytsia Oblast Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Pontevedra Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pontevedra Galician language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Galician
Zaraysky Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Saale-Holzland-Kreis German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zhangwan District Standard Chinese
Al-Majma'ah Arabic
Neubukow German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Fribourg French
canton of Fribourg German
Zug German
Bhagalpur Hindi
Tecumseh, Ontario English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Puente Alto Spanish
Bronaugh, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"