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
Reign of Casimir III the Great Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Reign of Casimir III the Great Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bundi district Hindi
Monchy-Saint-Éloi French
Sallanches French
Kazanlak Bulgarian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Bulgarian
Akşehir Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dornheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship English
2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship Spanish
2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship French
European Union NUTS-2 region ES52 (Comunitat Valenciana) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Union NUTS-2 region ES52 (Comunitat Valenciana) Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Valencian
Devin Bulgarian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Bulgarian
Angri, Campania, Italy
surface form: Angri
Italian
provincial courts of British Columbia
surface form: Provincial Court of British Columbia
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
provincial courts of British Columbia
surface form: Provincial Court of British Columbia
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shinji Shumeikai Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ciudad Real Spanish
Caswell County Board of Commissioners English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Narrandera Shire Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Keratsini-Drapetsona Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jaipur Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jaipur Municipal Corporation Rajasthani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tuva Republic Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tuva Republic Tuvan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Biase English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Odukpani English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Abi English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Lomita English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vesyegonsky Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "usedAdministrativeLanguage"
San Juan de Lurigancho District Spanish
Sorocaba Portuguese
Sumy Oblast Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Bayugan Filipino
Bayugan English
Connecticut Superior Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arakawa Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Geumsa-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Corbeil-Essonnes French
Loviisa Finnish
Loviisa Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
Riceville, Iowa English
Carpenter, Iowa English
Mandla district Hindi
Seoni district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buenavista
surface form: Buenavista, Guimaras
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buenavista
surface form: Buenavista, Guimaras
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sibunag Filipino
Sibunag English