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
Shire of Coolgardie English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sumas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cher department
surface form: Cher (department)
French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Kalka Hindi
Kalka Haryanvi
town of Union, Connecticut
surface form: Union, Connecticut
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zafferana Etnea Italian
Geithain German
Baghdad Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kota Kinabalu City Hall Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aran Valley Aranese Occitan
surface form: Aranese
Aran Valley Catalan
Aran Valley Spanish
Aran Valley Occitan
Waterloo, Indiana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tawau Malay
Zamora de Hidalgo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kerewe people Swahili language via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Kerewe people English language via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico English
Chaudfontaine French
Sarreguemines French
Mont-Saint-Martin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Farrukhabad Hindi
Kaikōura District English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Kaikōura District Māori via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ijebu East English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Itatiba Portuguese
Herborn German
Brouwershaven Dutch
Bishopric of Sprockhövel Middle Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lubartów Polish
Evenki language none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Hezhen language none via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageOf"
Arica Province Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Espoo Finnish
Espoo Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
Dingyuan County, Anhui, China
surface form: Dingyuan County
Standard Chinese
Arnstadt German
Ley 397 de 1997 español via predicate surface "idiomaOficialDelTexto"
Ley 1185 de 2008 español via predicate surface "lenguaOficialDelTexto"
Imiej Marshallese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marshallese
Imiej English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ponnji Konkani
Government of Goa Konkani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Goa Legislative Assembly Konkani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Goa Legislative Assembly Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Goa Legislative Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Landshut German
Iraq Football Association Arabic