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
Games of the XXXI Olympiad French
Eppstein German
Oberursel (Taunus) German
Cuacos de Yuste Spanish
Eragny-sur-Epte French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Galactic Empire Galactic Basic Standard
Hilchenbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maine Department of Environmental Protection English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vinadio, Italy
surface form: Vinadio
Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Švenčionys Lithuanian
Donetsk Oblast Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Township of Frontenac Islands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North-East Frontier Agency English
Roing English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Happy Valley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Judicial branch of Washington (state) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
São José dos Campos, Brazil
surface form: São José dos Campos
Portuguese
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfProceedings"
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfProceedings"
Edmundston English
Edmundston French
Alliance of Civilizations initiative English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alliance of Civilizations initiative French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alliance of Civilizations initiative Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alliance of Civilizations initiative Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alliance of Civilizations initiative Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alliance of Civilizations initiative Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burgas Province Bulgarian
Liễu Giai Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wadi Fira French
Wadi Fira Arabic
President of the Generalitat Valenciana Catalan
surface form: Valencian
President of the Generalitat Valenciana Spanish
Diemen Dutch
Drensteinfurt German
Magetan Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Třinec Polish language in some administrative matters via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageStatus"
Klang Malay
Kemerovo Russian
County of Brant English
Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia Georgian
Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia Russian
Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia Russian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Isernia Italian
Canton of Vaud French
Agulo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alajeró Spanish
Centro Sur Spanish