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
Bilbao Spanish
Bilbao Basque
Cherepovets Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Kauniainen Finnish
Kauniainen Swedish
Brest District Belarusian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brest District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Novy Urengoy Russian
Nadym Russian
Thrissur Malayalam via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thrissur English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Visakhapatnam district Telugu
Cogua Spanish
federal state of Berlin
surface form: Berlin
German
El Paso Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maojian District Standard Chinese
Al-Kharj Arabic
Mönsterås Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paulding County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hastings County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Itabaiana Portuguese
Florida City, Florida English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kłodzko Polish
Ocotlán Spanish
Baselland German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Pratteln German
Duke of Florence Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Etterbeek French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Etterbeek Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People's Republic of Kampuchea Khmer
Ismailia Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Visp German
Kvishkheti Georgian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Georgian
Sachkhere Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cabo San Lucas Spanish
Quỳnh Mai Ward Vietnamese
Yakimanka District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Russian
Lachine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Lachine
French
Lachine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Lachine
English
Golconda Persian language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Persian
Golconda Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Human Capability Development Program Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ras Tanura Arabic
Khafji Arabic
Ha'il Arabic
Amposta Catalan
Amposta Spanish
Sant Carles de la Ràpita Catalan
Sant Carles de la Ràpita Spanish