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
Hilltops Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Blue Mountains City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Sortland Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Seal of the Governor of North Carolina English
Lexington Recreation and Community Programs Department English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moquegua Region Spanish
Lembeek Dutch
Lembeek Flemish Dutch
Independencia District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bailiff’s Chambers, St Helier English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Bailiff’s Chambers, St Helier French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Bailiff’s Chambers, St Helier Jèrriais via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Türkiye Cumhurbaşkanlığı Turkish
Directorate of Communications Turkish
Pursaklar Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Batıkent Turkish
Swedish Football Association Swedish
Champs-sur-Marne French
Nurmijärvi Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pistoia Italian
Sumy Ukrainian language
surface form: Ukrainian
Uxbridge, Ontario English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ayamonte Spanish
Kingdom of Dalmatia German
Kingdom of Dalmatia Italian
Zijdelwaard Dutch
Kelkheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canchis Province Spanish
Shijingshan District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
East Kalimantan Indonesian
Vestvågøy Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Vestvågøy Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialFormOfLanguage"
Kastav Croatian
Karlovac County Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Siedlce Voivodeship Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Yeonsan-dong Korean
Nkangala District Municipality isiZulu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nkangala District Municipality isiNdebele via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nkangala District Municipality Northern Sotho (Sepedi) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Sepedi
Nkangala District Municipality Xitsonga via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nkangala District Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nkangala District Municipality Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vyshnevolotsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kachin State Burmese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shebin El Qanater Arabic
Humenné Slovak
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada English
Höchstädt an der Donau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metropolitan City of Cagliari Italian