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
Tứ Liên Ward Vietnamese
Xuân La Ward Vietnamese
Bưởi Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maleville (commune in France)
surface form: Maleville
French
Tudela, Cebu Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tudela, Cebu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lierneux French
Olne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pepinster French
Spa French
Stavelot French
Theux French
Waimes French
Welkenraedt French
Welkenraedt German
Arrondissement of Liège French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Polish Airports State Enterprise Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ZTM Warsaw Polish
Rashtrakuta court Kannada via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Melige, Tirthahalli taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka, India Kannada
Вішнева Belarusian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Belarusian
Вішнева Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Women's Rugby World Cup English
Sisak-Moslavina County Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leens Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oosterhoogebrug lock Dutch via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfLocalAdministration"
UNESCO Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize English
UNESCO Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize French
Témara Arabic
Témara Amazigh
Manjeshwar, Kasaragod district, Kerala, India
surface form: Manjeshwar
Malayalam
Manjeshwar, Kasaragod district, Kerala, India
surface form: Manjeshwar
Kannada
Macas Spanish
Sucúa Spanish
South-East District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lobatse English
Lobatse Setswana
Goose Lake, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baljurashi Arabic
Al Mandaq Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Al Aqiq Arabic
Qilwah Arabic
Al Qara Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Troisvierges Luxembourgish
Troisvierges French
Troisvierges German
Baelen French
Dison French
Herve French