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
Lakemoor, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Commune of Neuilly-sur-Marne
surface form: Neuilly-sur-Marne
French
Sucumbíos Province Spanish
Krasnoyarsk Time (standard)
surface form: Krasnoyarsk Time
Russian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Monfalcone Italian
Shrivardhan Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Republic of Mari El Russian
Republic of Mari El Meadow Mari
Republic of Mari El Hill Mari
Parliament House Swedish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera Spanish
Oktyabrsk Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pohvistnevo Russian
Kinel Russian
Pattensen German
KK
surface form: Kota Kinabalu
Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Zealand general electorates English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Arar Governorate Arabic
Medina Governorate Arabic
Kommunar Russian
Irun Spanish
Irun Basque
Spartanburg City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Koprinka Dam Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
The Memorial Tournament English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Votuporanga Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Rio Claro Portuguese
Santana de Parnaíba Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Comune di Enna Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flag of Enna Italian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Deputy Provincial College of Liège French
Ohaji/Egbema English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arsk Russian via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Arsk Tatar language via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
surface form: Tatar
Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia Amharic
Alta Gracia Spanish
Government House of Santa Fe Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Fe Department (Argentina) Spanish
Bishopric of Hattingen Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Banda Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Republic of Mordovia Russian
Republic of Mordovia Moksha
Republic of Mordovia Erzya language
surface form: Erzya
Aba South English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Umuahia South English language via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Central Equatoria State English
commune of Saint-Martial, Ardèche
surface form: Saint-Martial (Ardèche)
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hvaler Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Rafha Governorate Arabic