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
Biliran Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Biliran English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Liloan Filipino
Liloan English
Minglanilla Filipino
Minglanilla English
Ginatilan Filipino
Ginatilan English
Poro Filipino
Poro English
Blue Ridge
surface form: Blue Ridge, Texas
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trienio Liberal Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Mongmong-Toto-Maite English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mongmong-Toto-Maite Chamorro via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hagatna English
Hagatna Chamorro
Fifth Republic of the Philippines Filipino
Fifth Republic of the Philippines English
South Dublin English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
South Dublin Irish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
First Czechoslovak Republic Czechoslovak
First Czechoslovak Republic Czech language
surface form: Czech
First Czechoslovak Republic Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
state government of Nuevo León Spanish
Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Jameln
surface form: Jameln
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sweden–Norway Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
Sweden–Norway Norwegian
USAG Humphreys English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brunico Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brunico German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Davao Oriental Filipino
Davao Oriental English
Sant Feliu de Llobregat Catalan
Sant Feliu de Llobregat Spanish
Daeso-myeon Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Edinburgh Pentlands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Union Agency for Asylum English
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction English
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training English
European Food Safety Authority English
Belgian Buildings Agency Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Belgian Buildings Agency French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Belgian Buildings Agency German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Monte Sant'Angelo (Italy)
surface form: Monte Sant'Angelo
Italian
Manatuto Municipality Tetum via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manatuto Municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Illapel Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Zarautz Basque via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zarautz Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"