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
Saint-Gratien French
Esino Lario Italian
Qods County Persian
ریاست‌جمهوری ایران زبان فارسی via predicate surface "زبان رسمی"
Gannavaram Telugu
3rd arrondissement of Paris French
Chuxiong Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
RSMC La Réunion French
Whitewater Region, Ontario
surface form: Whitewater Region
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert French
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Dutch
Hợp Thanh Commune Vietnamese
Nellingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wateringen Dutch
Bishopric of Brühl Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Benedetto del Tronto Italian
Maahas Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Maahas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mathura district Hindi
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quan Hoa Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guapimirim Portuguese
Nova Iguaçu Portuguese
Al-Hinakiya Arabic
Komarî Mehabad Kurdish
Imperial State of Iran Persian language
surface form: Persian
Bácsborsód Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magnesia regional unit Greek
Skive Danish
Danish Ministry of Defence Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Österbottens landskap Finnish
Österbottens landskap Swedish
Vörå Swedish
Vörå Finnish
Laihia Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Isokyrö Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bank of Finland Finnish
Bank of Finland Swedish
Italian Olympic Committee (CONI)
surface form: Italian National Olympic Committee
Italian
Confederação Brasileira de Futebol Portuguese
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura
surface form: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (Uruguay)
Spanish
Trabzonspor football club
surface form: Trabzonspor
Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Explorers Club English
British North Borneo English
Arta Region Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arta Region French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chernsky Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Volzhsky Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Aglipay, Quirino, Philippines Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aglipay, Quirino, Philippines English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"