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
Sterea Ellada (administrative region) Greek
Municipality of Marathon Greek
Sikyona Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pallini Greek
Spata Greek
Grammatiko Greek
Agios Stefanos, Attica Greek
Porto Rafti Greek
AMCM Chinese
AMCM Portuguese
Australian Taxation Office English
Commune of Rosny-sous-Bois
surface form: Rosny-sous-Bois
French
Santa Rosa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Rosa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bernex-Village French
Panvel Marathi language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Marathi
Chittorgarh Hindi
Panama Pacifico International Airport Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Korbach German
Zamboanga del Norte Filipino
Zamboanga del Norte English
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Utrecht Dutch
Plzeň-North District Czech
Atizapán de Zaragoza Spanish
South District, Tainan Mandarin Chinese
Dumfries and Galloway English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bishopric of Holzwickede Latin
Rekohu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Palma Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Winterthur, Switzerland
surface form: Winterthur
German
Turckheim French
municipality of Mineral del Chico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wujin District Standard Chinese
JB
surface form: Johor Bahru
Malay
Santa Fe
surface form: Santa Fe, Cebu
Filipino
Santa Fe
surface form: Santa Fe, Cebu
English
Commune of Épinay-sur-Seine
surface form: Épinay-sur-Seine
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maebashi Japanese
Bharuch district Gujarati
Bharuch district Hindi
Alwar Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gwagwalada Area Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kwali Area Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Artemida Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Wurzen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rovigo Italian
Al-Zulfi Arabic