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
BMA Thai via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Eupen German
Eupen French
Päijät-Häme Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lanao del Sur Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Lanao del Sur English
Campo de Gibraltar Spanish
Stann Creek District English
Kottayam Malayalam via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kottayam English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Kalimantan Indonesian
Ijebu North English
Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Samborondón Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
County of Bourbon Old French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dexter
surface form: Dexter, New Mexico
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Abitibi-Témiscamingue French
Muzaffarpur Hindi
Sheikhpura Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jamui Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jamui Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Bourg-lès-Valence French
Municipality of Libertador Spanish
Metropolitan District of Caracas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capital District of Venezuela Spanish
Troinex French
Martin Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Prievidza Slovak
Žiar nad Hronom Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caspe Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Musso Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colico Italian
Stella, Liguria, Italy Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Vieux-Longueuil French
NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship English
Energy Community English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lakhisarai Hindi
Machu Picchu District Spanish
Machu Picchu District Quechua
International Softball Federation English
WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup English
WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup Spanish
WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup French
WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup Japanese
Hunedoara County Romanian
Rolvsøy Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nushki Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Sherbrooke French
Outaouais French