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
Pozezdrze Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dubeninki Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Filipów Polish
Stare Juchy Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Republika Srpska Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Coppet French
Amravati district Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Ostallgäu district
surface form: Ostallgäu
German
Zawiya District Arabic
Economic Community of West African States Monetary Zone English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Economic Community of West African States Monetary Zone French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Economic Community of West African States Monetary Zone Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burg Square Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kailashahar Bengali
Kailashahar Kokborok
Kailashahar English
Belonia Bengali
Belonia Kokborok
Belonia English
Municipality of Arica Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Graubünden German
canton of Graubünden Romansh language
surface form: Romansh
canton of Graubünden Italian
Pinzón Island Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port Said Governorate Arabic
Briesen German
Moravian-Silesian Region Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castiglione del Lago Italian
Bojnord Persian language
surface form: Persian
Province of Arezzo Italian
Leiderdorp Dutch
Fort-de-France French
Machelen Dutch
Huahine French
Ottawa–Gatineau metropolitan area English
Ottawa–Gatineau metropolitan area French
Torrevieja Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bad Soden am Taunus German
Sambhal district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Holy Community of Mount Athos Greek language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Huelva Spanish
Chanteloup-en-Brie French
Céreste French
Luxembourg Province French
Bertogne French
Vielsalm French
Houesville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Côme-du-Mont French
Brévands French
Saanich English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"