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
Provo English
Tokushima Prefecture Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amersfoort Dutch
Bishopric of Radevormwald Middle Dutch via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Russian Alaska Russian
Janid dynasty Persian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Franconville French
Copa do Brasil Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Zhangmiao Subdistrict Standard Chinese
Harrachov Czech language
surface form: Czech
Cavite City Filipino
Cavite City English
Kuujjuaq French
Kuujjuaq Inuktitut
Pingualuit National Park French
Trehøje Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Free City of Lübeck German
Rennell and Bellona Province English
Tacurong Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tacurong English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Siletz Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wallis (ʻUvea) French
Yssingeaux French
Sharqia Governorate Arabic
San Nicolás de los Garza Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ciudad Victoria Spanish
Boe Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Rugby Africa English
Rugby Africa French
Yukon Legislative Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yukon Legislative Assembly French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Simón Bolívar Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Joan Despí Catalan
Sant Joan Despí Spanish
Sant Just Desvern Catalan
Sant Just Desvern Spanish
Tân Triều commune Vietnamese
Loc Ninh District
surface form: Lộc Ninh District
Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Constellation Cup English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gondor Westron
Bingöl Province Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Salekhard Russian
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish
Haaksbergen Dutch
La Vernaz French
Reyvroz French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lutry French
Rivaz French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
MPLA Portuguese
Caleruega Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"