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
Sham Shui Po District Chinese
Sham Shui Po District English
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district Punjabi language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Punjabi
Doabi Punjabi exists within the context of Punjabi being an official language of Punjab, India via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Lučenec Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
La Tour-du-Pin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Holýšov Czech
Dmitrovsky District Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Chorrillos District Spanish
Yamatotakada, Nara Prefecture Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageStatus"
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine French
Shire of Laverton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zacahuitzco Spanish
Office Group W German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sarnia Sting English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Govardhan Hindi
Porvoo Finnish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Finnish
Porvoo Swedish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swedish
Antofagasta Province Spanish
Jičín Czech
Rio Grande da Serra Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fléron French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Strasburg, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cheongnyong-dong Korean
Mondovi, French Algeria French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Saint Barts French
Oullins French
Vilafranca del Penedès Catalan
Vilafranca del Penedès Spanish
Protivín, Czech Republic
surface form: Protivín
Czech
island of Saint Kitts English
Muanda Territory French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Banha Arabic via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Qalyub Arabic
Khanka Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Toukh Arabic
Qaha Arabic
Myrskylä, Finland
surface form: Myrskylä
Finnish
Aarberg German
Municipio de Silao Spanish
Lagos Island West LCDA Secretariat English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Abeokuta South English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kreuzlingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Požarevac Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Sidi Barrani Arabic
Muolaa Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast Russian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Bathinda Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
Bathinda district Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
Muktsar district Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi