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
Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wujiagang District Standard Chinese
Leiria Portuguese
Huraymila Governorate Arabic
Tiny, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tiny, Ontario French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pichasca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Halden
surface form: Halden
Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
municipality of Lillestrøm
surface form: Lillestrøm (municipality)
Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
municipality of Kongsberg
surface form: Kongsberg
Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
municipality of Ås Bokmål via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
municipality of Råde
surface form: Råde
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Rygge
surface form: Rygge
Norwegian
municipality of Hole
surface form: Hole
Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"
municipality of Lier
surface form: Lier
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Nedre Eiker
surface form: Nedre Eiker
Bokmål
municipality of Nannestad
surface form: Nannestad
Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
municipality of Gjerdrum
surface form: Gjerdrum
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Nes (Akershus)
surface form: Nes (Akershus)
Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"
municipality of Marker
surface form: Marker
Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
municipality of Aremark
surface form: Aremark
Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
municipality of Skiptvet
surface form: Skiptvet
Norwegian
municipality of Flesberg
surface form: Flesberg
Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
municipality of Rollag
surface form: Rollag
Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
municipality of Nore og Uvdal
surface form: Nore og Uvdal
Bokmål
surface form: Norwegian Bokmål
municipality of Hemsedal
surface form: Hemsedal
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Gol Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
municipality of Nesbyen
surface form: Nesbyen
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Flå
surface form: Flå
Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
municipality of Krødsherad
surface form: Krødsherad
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Sigdal
surface form: Sigdal
Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
municipality of Lunner
surface form: Lunner
Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Halden municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Skiptvet Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Dals-Ed Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mysen Bokmål
surface form: Norwegian Bokmål
British colonial administration in Cyprus English
British colonial administration in Cyprus Greek via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
British colonial administration in Cyprus Turkish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
La Paz, State of Mexico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Makokou French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Husan Arabic
Jannatah Arabic
Jerusalem Governorate Arabic
Novokosino District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
1983 World Championships in Athletics English
1983 World Championships in Athletics Finnish
1987 World Championships in Athletics English
1987 World Championships in Athletics Italian
Onești Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"