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
Santa Maria de Jetibá Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Russian
Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic German
Galanta Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Veľký Krtíš Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Šahy Slovak language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Slovak
Kráľovský Chlmec Slovak
Šurany Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Hurbanovo Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Department of North America Russian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Culture of Georgia Georgian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Georgian
Ministry of Defence of Georgia Georgian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Georgian
Government of Georgia Georgian language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bauru Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shelby County
surface form: Shelby County, Iowa
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Busto Arsizio Italian
Segrate Italian
Province of Monza and Brianza Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
TX-27 English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Saint-Prex French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khagaria district Hindi
Khagaria district Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Cotopaxi Province Spanish
Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg Latin
Province of Ávila Spanish
MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award English
Ezhou Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Raahe Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Samsun Province Turkish
Orwell, Vermont English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schwechat German
Bioko Norte Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bioko Norte French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bioko Norte Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic English
Aachen Imperial Palace Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ivisan Filipino
Ivisan English
Dumarao Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Dumarao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dao
surface form: Dao, Capiz
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dao
surface form: Dao, Capiz
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maayon Filipino via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Maayon English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Jamindan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jamindan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Crow Indian Reservation English
Crow Indian Reservation Crow language
Canton of Aargau German
Aargau German