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
Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency) Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ceredigion County Council English
Ceredigion County Council Welsh
Uiwang Korean
Hanam Korean
Guri Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
district of Rosenheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaifu District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nganjuk Indonesian
Sous-Moulin French
Gachancipá Spanish
Lynwood English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prime Minister of Lebanon Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Lebanon in Washington, D.C. Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stabekk Norwegian
Vardø Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Paisley Park Records English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rampur
surface form: Rampur, Middle Andaman
Hindi
Rampur
surface form: Rampur, Middle Andaman
English
Jombang Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Socorro Spanish
Herford German
Principality of Sedan French
Margraviate of Moravia Latin
Margraviate of Moravia German
Margraviate of Moravia Czech
Argentan French
Huangshigang District Standard Chinese
Ermont French
Michelbeke Dutch
Castellón de la Plana Spanish
Castellón de la Plana Catalan
surface form: Valencian
Sterlington, Louisiana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hoogmade Dutch
Budaun Hindi
Dera Ghazi Khan Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
municipality of Koekelberg
surface form: Koekelberg
Dutch
municipality of Koekelberg
surface form: Koekelberg
French
Houilles French
modern Calabria
surface form: Calabria
Italian
Stresa Italian
Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Honselersdijk Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
royal government of Georgia
surface form: Royal Government of Georgia
English
Committee on the Constitution Swedish
City of Meriden English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kandahar Province Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
Kandahar Province Dari