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 Catarina Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Trebišov Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Salamina Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Filadelfeia-Chalkidona Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zografou Greek
Kaisariani Greek
Tavros Greek
Victoria City
surface form: Victoria
English
Republic of Pisa Latin
Republic of Pisa Tuscan
Isaac Newton Medal English
Lae Atoll Marshallese language
surface form: Marshallese
Lae Atoll English
Nariño Department Spanish
Jangjeon-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Atafu Tokelauan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Atafu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St. Pauls, North Carolina English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
gmina Koło Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
George Town, Grand Cayman English
Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flag of South Australia English
Lugoj Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PSSI Indonesian
Bir al-Abd Arabic
Nakhl Arabic
Hasana Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bor Russian
Kstovo Russian
Fulani Empire Arabic
Local Government Area of Northern Beaches Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
High Court of Hong Kong Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
High Court of Hong Kong English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Báguanos Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cacocum Spanish
Rafael Freyre Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Macul Spanish
High Court of the Federal Capital Territory English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory Arabic (for Islamic law texts and authorities) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sayfawa dynasty Kanembu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sayfawa dynasty Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Büdesheim German
Stake Bay English
Jabal Druze State Arabic
La Cisterna commune
surface form: La Cisterna
Spanish
Unión Española Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Federación de Fútbol de Chile Spanish
MacDonnell Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tahlequah, Oklahoma Cherokee language via predicate surface "officialLanguageInGovernment"
surface form: Cherokee language (Cherokee Nation government)