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
Liên Quan Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regent of Castile Peninsular Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
surface form: Castilian
Bollnäs Municipality Swedish
municipality of Rakkestad
surface form: Rakkestad
Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Akershus county Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"
Miami Beach City Hall English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Comune of Verbania Italian
New Berlin, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karpacz Polish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Polish
Bamble Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
TTPI
surface form: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
English
Flag of the Marshall Islands Marshallese via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Flag of the Marshall Islands English via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Koksijde Dutch
Wilanów district Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zamora Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Pangui Canton Spanish
Zumbi (Centinela del Cóndor) urban area Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Azizia, Algeria Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Global Environment Facility English
Global Environment Facility French
Global Environment Facility Spanish
Portuguese culture Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khmelnytskyi Oblast Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Merklingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alor Setar Malay
Gambela Region Amharic
Arajuno Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Zealand multicultural society English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
New Zealand multicultural society Te Reo Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
surface form: Māori language
New Zealand multicultural society New Zealand Sign Language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Binondo-Intramuros Bridge
surface form: Binondo–Intramuros Bridge
Tagalog
Sullurpeta Telugu
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
World Rowing Championships English
Canadian politics English
Canadian politics French
Long An Province Vietnamese
commune of Bourg-lès-Valence
surface form: Bourg-lès-Valence
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mossos d'Esquadra Catalan
Mossos d'Esquadra Spanish
Parish of Saint Paul Charlestown English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bretten German
Lawrence, Texas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gavere Dutch
mainland Spain Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Estonian SSR Estonian
Estonian SSR Russian
Parun Pashto language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Pashto