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
Colva village Konkani
Margao Konkani
Shire of Dundas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rosera Hindi
Rosera Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Patori Hindi
Patori Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation English
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation Cheyenne language
Višegrad Bosnian
Višegrad Serbian
Višegrad Croatian
IPU
surface form: Inter-Parliamentary Union
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IPU
surface form: Inter-Parliamentary Union
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palazzo San Calisto Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Palazzo San Calisto Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
town of Piran
surface form: Piran
Slovene
葛城市 Japanese
Gazeley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barrow English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Whitton (Ipswich suburb) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chiclayo Spanish
Jacareí Portuguese
Catanduva Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Caieiras Portuguese
Mairiporã Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Georgia (to the north of Lori Province) Georgian
Akita City Government Japanese
Chita Russian
PW Palauan via predicate surface "associatedOfficialLanguage"
PW English via predicate surface "associatedOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Russian
2011 Russian time zone reform Russian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Orestiada Greek
Monastir Vilayet Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Saswad Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
South Precinct English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Constitution of Bulgaria Bulgarian via predicate surface "definesOfficialLanguage"
Народно събрание Bulgarian
Council of Ministers of Bulgaria Bulgarian
BSEC English
BSEC Russian
Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye District Russian
Babruysk Belarusian
Babruysk Russian
central Brussels French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
central Brussels Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chepo District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
USP Atlanta English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"