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
Prudential Tunnel English (signage) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aste-Béon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uşak Turkish
Yau Tsim Mong District Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yau Tsim Mong District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tsim Sha Tsui Chinese
Tsim Sha Tsui English
MDA
surface form: Missile Defense Agency
English
Kalinga Filipino
Kalinga English
Mountain Province Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mountain Province English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regierungsbezirk Hohensalza German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tverskoy Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Korchevskoy Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
San Miguel District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cieszyn Polish
Guseo-dong Korean
Arad Hebrew
Mar del Plata Spanish
Court of Appeal of The Bahamas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Carmelo (part) Spanish is the official language of Cuba via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Puentes Grandes (part) Spanish
Karabağlar district
surface form: Karabağlar
Turkish
Karabağlar Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
AOI Italian
British Military Administration in Eritrea English
Ciechanów County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Grudusk Polish
Gmina Grudusk authorities Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mansa Punjabi
Muktsar Punjabi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Punjabi
Fazilka Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
Ludhiana district Punjabi
Mansa district Punjabi
Wele-Nzas Province Spanish
Wele-Nzas Province French
Wele-Nzas Province Portuguese
Djibloho (name of the surrounding district)
surface form: Djibloho
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Djibloho (name of the surrounding district)
surface form: Djibloho
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Djibloho (name of the surrounding district)
surface form: Djibloho
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Burma English
Sasaram Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sasaram Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Peñalolén Spanish
Robles Department Spanish
Aroma Province Spanish
Vidin Bulgarian
La Paz Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"