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
Government of Djibouti French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Meiringen German
Restoration France French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oakland Park, Florida English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nagano City Hall Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
canton of Évian-les-Bains French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pieve Salutare Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Greater Noida Hindi
Bageshwar Hindi
Udham Singh Nagar Hindi
Chand dynasty Kumaoni via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Draguignan French
Province of Modena Italian
NATO Allied Air Command English
NATO Allied Air Command French
Ratnagiri Municipal Council Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Acomayo Province Spanish
Vigevano Italian
Bakar Croatian
Čabar Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Srakan Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Istria County Croatian
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Bulgarian
Pilar, Bataan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pilar, Bataan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Province English
Central Province Tok Pisin
Central Province Hiri Motu
Balkan welaýaty Turkmen
Township of O'Connor English
Township of Gillies English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Town of Marathon English
Township of Red Rock English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Manitouwadge English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yazd County Persian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baie-Mahault (La Désirade) French
South Minahasa Regency Indonesian
Hohenfinow German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Melchow German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guilherand-Granges French
Fezile Dabi District Municipality Sesotho
Fezile Dabi District Municipality Afrikaans
Fezile Dabi District Municipality English
Kōka, Shiga Prefecture Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amstelhoek Dutch
Guantánamo Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Madrid Spanish
Kraljevo Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Puerto Princesa, Philippines
surface form: Puerto Princesa
Filipino
Puerto Princesa, Philippines
surface form: Puerto Princesa
English