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
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State of Rhode Island Department of Administration English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Salvador Department Spanish
New Hebrides Condominium English
New Hebrides Condominium French
New Hebrides Condominium Bislama
Mughal Subah of Bihar Persian language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Persian
Mughal Subah of Delhi Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Shire of Broome English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roopville, Georgia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ngatpang State Palauan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ngatpang State English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canton of Basel-Landschaft German
Agusan del Norte Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Agusan del Norte English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rakkestad Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Penetanguishene, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Penetanguishene, Ontario French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canóvanas, Puerto Rico Spanish
Canóvanas, Puerto Rico English
Commune of Le Blanc-Mesnil
surface form: Le Blanc-Mesnil
French
Khandwa district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seberang Perai Malay
Petralia Sottana Italian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Italian
Collesano Italian
Altötting district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Archiepiscopal Palace in Munich German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Latin
XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Italian
XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops English
XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops French
XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Spanish
XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops German
XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Portuguese
Andilly French
Homburg German
Alejandro Selkirk Island Spanish via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ribemont, France
surface form: Ribemont
French
Siilinjärvi Finnish
Transleithania Hungarian language
surface form: Hungarian
Blumenau Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Joinville Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Pomerode Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Santa Cruz do Sul Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Estrela (Rio Grande do Sul) Portuguese
Teutônia Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Marechal Cândido Rondon Portuguese
Domingos Martins Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese