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
Terminal 2
surface form: Terminal 2 (Nội Bài International Airport)
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Bermaringen German
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Russian
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Azerbaijani language
surface form: Azerbaijani
Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Choachí Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kanta-Häme Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arturo Prat Province Spanish
Valle Gran Rey Spanish
Kollam Malayalam
Phúc Xá Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Castellón Spanish
Province of Castellón Catalan
surface form: Valencian
Shahjahanpur district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mogilev Belarusian
Mogilev Russian
Imperial City of Wetzlar German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Junta de Extremadura Spanish
Perlis Indera Kayangan Malay
Kangar Malay
Arau Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bishopric of Bergheim Middle Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bishopric of Bergheim Middle Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Freudenstadt German
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz Spanish
Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Koppal Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saga Prefecture Japanese
Tuensang English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Peren English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hôtel de Lassay French via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Chickasaw Legislature English
Chickasaw Nation District Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fatherland Front German
Khương Đình Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Hạ Đình Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nhân Chính Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phương Liệt Ward Vietnamese
Thượng Đình Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kim Giang Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Nidzica Polish
Pasłęk Polish
Ryn Polish
Zalewo Polish
Kisielice Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Górowo Iławeckie Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sępopol Polish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Stawiguda Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kolno Polish
Łukta Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"