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
Ardabil Province Persian language
surface form: Persian
Cuyahoga Heights English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gustavo A. Madero borough Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shiyan City Standard Chinese
Terneuzen Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rutland
surface form: Rutland, Massachusetts
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Loja Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nangaritza Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chinchipe Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Special Administrative Region of East Timor Tetum via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Special Administrative Region of East Timor Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Morongo Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Hohenzollern German
Burnaby English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burnaby French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Takatsuki municipal government Japanese
Iranian Embassy in London Persian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iranian Embassy in London English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Acapulco de Juárez Spanish
Dongbao District Chinese
Pori Finnish
Ciboure French
Co Giang Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magdalen Islands French
Kemmunett (Cominotto)
surface form: Kemmunett
Maltese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kemmunett (Cominotto)
surface form: Kemmunett
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heritage Malta Maltese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heritage Malta English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
East Cantons German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
village of Honsfeld
surface form: Honsfeld
German
village of Honsfeld
surface form: Honsfeld
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
village of Krewinkel
surface form: Krewinkel
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
village of Miescheid
surface form: Miescheid
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Macaé Portuguese
Alamata Tigrinya via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alamata Amharic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
district administration of Nordwestmecklenburg German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Malta Maltese
Government of Malta English
Maltese people Maltese language via predicate surface "officialLanguageInHomeland"
Maltese people English language via predicate surface "officialLanguageInHomeland"
Bages, Pyrénées-Orientales, France French
Juncos Spanish
Juncos English
Las Piedras Spanish
Las Piedras English
Dakshina Kannada district Kannada
Kundapura taluk Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown English
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Irish