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
Seal of the Supreme Court of Canada English
Seal of the Supreme Court of Canada French
Kokkola Finnish
Kokkola Swedish
Shahjahanpur Hindi
Isla Tigre Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Surigao del Norte Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Surigao del Norte English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anandpur Sahib Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
Traun German
Tanintharyi Region Burmese
Aubange French
Red Springs, North Carolina English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stratford, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Stratford, New Jersey
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhandup Marathi
Jiaxing Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
Vaux-sur-Sûre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Holzminden German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rize Province Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Macuspana Spanish
Gjirokastër Albanian language
surface form: Albanian
IFA
surface form: Irish Football Association
English
Benefits Agency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gaya district Hindi
Gaya district Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Espinar Province Spanish
Nanded Sahib Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Irakleio Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Loving English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buy Russian
Delta Amacuro State Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tucupita Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buenos Aires, Argentina (at time of death)
surface form: Buenos Aires
Spanish
São Leopoldo Portuguese
Komárno Slovak language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Slovak
Swiss Italians Canton of Ticino via predicate surface "officialLanguageStatusIn"
surface form: canton of Ticino
Swiss Italians Italian-speaking areas of Graubünden via predicate surface "officialLanguageStatusIn"
Montreuil, France
surface form: Montreuil
French
Sogliano al Rubicone Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Civitella di Romagna Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sawai Madhopur Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sawai Madhopur Rajasthani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Punjab (via Khyber Pakhtunkhwa–Punjab boundary, through its districts)
surface form: Punjab (Pakistan)
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Birthplace of Confederation National Historic Site (area) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Birthplace of Confederation National Historic Site (area) French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valencian territory of the Crown of Aragon Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Valencian
Valencian territory of the Crown of Aragon Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valencian territory of the Crown of Aragon Aragonese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valencian territory of the Crown of Aragon Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Itarsi Hindi