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
Wolfhalden German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eggersriet German
Grub (AR) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Davao de Oro Filipino
Davao de Oro English
Sibiu, Romania
surface form: Sibiu
Romanian language
surface form: Romanian
San Andrés Cholula Spanish
Santa Elena Province Spanish
Sant Boi de Llobregat Catalan
Sant Boi de Llobregat Spanish
Maengdong-myeon Korean
Pieve di Cadore Italian
Sitamarhi Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sitamarhi Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Clutha District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Clutha District Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Consulate General of Sri Lanka in New York Sinhala
Consulate General of Sri Lanka in New York Tamil
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Czech
Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa Basque
Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa Spanish
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila English
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Filipino
Sidi Kacem Arabic
Sidi Kacem Amazigh
SCAR English
Perote, Veracruz, Mexico Spanish
Supaul Hindi
Supaul Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Piikani Nation English
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana English
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana Blackfoot language
Annetta, Texas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
President of the State of Haiti (North) French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
President of the State of Haiti (North) Haitian Creole via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Indian Island Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dassu Urdu language via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Dassu English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Dominion of Pakistan English
Dominion of Pakistan Urdu
City of Greater Taree English
Bishopric of Schalksmühle Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gießen German
Commune of Aubervilliers French
Crotone Italian
judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carthusian Order Latin
Alcochete Portuguese
Barpeta district Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chirang district Assamese