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
New Moscow territories (Troitsky and Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrugs) Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil
surface form: Barueri
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Prussian Gold Coast German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Mendota, California English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary Ecclesiastical Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Latin (liturgical)
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary French (historical) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland Latin
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland Polish
Mid Worcestershire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marl, Germany German
Mevo Carmel industrial zone Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Fontaine (Isère) French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Meylan French
Rand West City Local Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rand West City Local Municipality Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rand West City Local Municipality Sesotho via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rand West City Local Municipality Setswana via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rand West City Local Municipality isiZulu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rajsamand Hindi
Rajsamand Rajasthani (regional)
Veyrier-du-Lac French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mixcoac Spanish
Washuk District Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
North Western Province, Sri Lanka Sinhala
North Western Province, Sri Lanka Tamil
Cuba
surface form: Cuba (Beja)
Portuguese
Northwest Florida Water Management District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Guajira Department Spanish
Municipality of São Paulo Portuguese
Tiwi Islands Regional Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Surat Municipal Corporation Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Surat Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sierra County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Szolnok Hungarian language
surface form: Hungarian
Thuong Tin District Vietnamese
Adorp Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stanisławów Voivodeship Polish via predicate surface "languageUsedAdministratively"
La Granja Spanish
San Ramón Spanish
Beasain, Spain
surface form: Beasain
Basque via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Beasain, Spain
surface form: Beasain
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Sehore district Hindi
Campo de Belchite comarca Spanish
Fuendetodos Spanish
Watson Lake English
Lubusz Voivodeship Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Powai Marathi language via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
El Salam City Arabic
Brusque Portuguese