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
Allied occupation after World War I French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Allied occupation after World War I English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Allied occupation after World War I German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Châtillon French
Limburg Province Dutch
Labuan Island Malay
Commune of Gagny French
Lørenskog Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jagdalpur Hindi
Jagdalpur Chhattisgarhi
Île Foch French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Abaji English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Level Plains, Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oni Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Minihic-sur-Rance, France
surface form: Le Minihic-sur-Rance
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Perdizes Portuguese
Golden Boot Award English
Roman Catholic authorities (historical) Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Šamorín Slovak language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageStatus"
Pune district Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Kalajärvi Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kalajärvi Swedish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swedish
Mparntwe English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Diadema Portuguese
Franca Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Suzano Portuguese
Taboão da Serra Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Presidente Prudente Portuguese
Itapevi Portuguese
Hortolândia Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Assis Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Pindamonhangaba Portuguese
Ferraz de Vasconcelos Portuguese
Poá Portuguese
São Vicente Portuguese
Jales Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Araras Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Sumaré Portuguese
Vinhedo Portuguese
Franco da Rocha Portuguese
Jaguariúna Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Amparo Portuguese
Thames-Coromandel District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thames-Coromandel District Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Waipā District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Waipā District Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
al-Qurayya Arabic via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
MINCOM Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oropos Greek
Al-Muzahimiyah Governorate Arabic