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
Department of Science and Technology (Philippines) Filipino
Department of Science and Technology (Philippines) English
Philippine Stock Exchange English
Philippine Stock Exchange Filipino
Sant Cugat del Vallès Catalan
Sant Cugat del Vallès Spanish
Vilanova i la Geltrú Catalan
Vilanova i la Geltrú Spanish
Nikolai, Alaska English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vöcklabruck German
Aurora, Ontario English
Blaubeuren German
Penza Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Nanchong Standard Chinese
Seremban Malay
Grottaferrata Italian
Yên Lạc District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boothroyd Indian Band English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ukerewe District Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Ukerewe District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iași County Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Metropolitan City of Palermo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Agia Paraskevi Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metamorfosi Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lykovrysi Greek
Vrilissia Greek
Leonding German
Dovadola Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mytishchi Urban Okrug Russian
Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo Spanish
Anta Province Spanish
Anta Province Quechua
Cusco Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Northumberland County English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Scottish Borders council area
surface form: Scottish Borders
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tromsø Municipality Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lomazzo Italian
Brooklyn Community District 16 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
federal ministries of Austria German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Second Republic of Austria German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vienna AirportLines German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malabo International Airport Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Malabo International Airport French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Malabo International Airport Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
سپریم کمانڈر مسلح افواج پاکستان Urdu language
surface form: اردو
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"