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
Medak district Telugu
Daule Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naranjal Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naranjal
surface form: Naranjal Canton
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Lucía Spanish
Palestina Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nobol Spanish
North Yorkshire Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Transkei Xhosa
Transkei English
Hekimhan Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Affoltern German
Affoltern Alemannic German
surface form: Swiss German
Roeselare Dutch
Cau Ong Lanh Ward Vietnamese
Daloa French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Múscraí Gaeltacht Irish
Governor of Chihuahua Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Talence French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canejan French
Hôtel de Ville de Brive-la-Gaillarde French via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
OTS
surface form: Organization of Turkic States
Turkish
OTS
surface form: Organization of Turkic States
Azerbaijani
OTS
surface form: Organization of Turkic States
Kazakh
OTS
surface form: Organization of Turkic States
Kyrgyz
OTS
surface form: Organization of Turkic States
Uzbek
Council of Foreign Ministers languages of the Organization of Turkic States via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rueil-Malmaison French
Hưng Yên Province Vietnamese
Municipality of Essaouira Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Essaouira French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hradec Králové District Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nové Město nad Metují Czech
Jaroměř Czech
Kostelec nad Orlicí Czech
LWF
surface form: Lutheran World Federation
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
LWF
surface form: Lutheran World Federation
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
LWF
surface form: Lutheran World Federation
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
LWF
surface form: Lutheran World Federation
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santo André Portuguese
Canlaon Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Canlaon English
Bindoy Filipino
Bindoy English
Östergötland County Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
Ambilly French
Knokke-Heist Dutch
Kilchberg German
Ebersberg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Juchitán de Zaragoza Spanish