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
Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Baie-Comeau
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guainía Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guaymas Spanish
Amaravati Telugu
Læsø Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maio (Cape Verde)
surface form: Maio
Portuguese
Pärnu Estonian
Empire of Romania Latin
Great Palace of Constantinople Greek via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Urambo Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Urambo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kodaikanal Tamil
Rionegro Spanish
St. Gallen German
Porto-Vecchio French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ridderkerk Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bautzen German
Bishopric of Neuss Latin
Krishna district Telugu
Municipality of Monterrey Spanish
Municipality of Linares Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Huimanguillo Spanish
Pájara Spanish
Tuineje Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lake and Peninsula Borough English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harbin Standard Chinese
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Spanish
Rimington English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vesoul French
Governing Mayor of Berlin German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Portuguese via predicate surface "definesOfficialLanguage"
Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Tetum via predicate surface "definesOfficialLanguage"
National Parliament building in Dili Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
National Parliament building in Dili Tetum via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Ranchi Hindi
Anjouan Comorian
Anjouan Arabic
Anjouan French
Shu Han Classical Chinese
1934 FIFA World Cup Italian
1934 FIFA World Cup French
1934 FIFA World Cup English
Copa América Femenina Spanish
Copa América Femenina Portuguese
CSF Spanish
CSF Portuguese
CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations English
CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations French
CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Arabic
CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Portuguese