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
Bishopric of Gummersbach Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lødingen Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Inari municipality Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inari municipality Northern Sami language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Northern Sámi
Inari municipality Inari Sámi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inari municipality Skolt Sami language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Skolt Sámi
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rif Dimashq Governorate Arabic
Drottningholm Palace Park Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parepare Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Toraja Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Selayar Islands Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nawada Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madhepura Hindi
Giridih Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ang Thong Province Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Juan, Puerto Rico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Juan, Puerto Rico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barnala Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
Barnala district Punjabi
Bitung Indonesian
Villarrica Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Curarrehue Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Simbu Province English
Simbu Province Tok Pisin
Almora Hindi
Thai language Thailand via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Township of Nipigon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sayula de Alemán municipality Spanish
University of Girona Catalan
University of Girona Spanish
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vengurla Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Kudal taluka Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Labin Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chexbres French
Kayin State Burmese
Moravia, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Valley Governorate Arabic
Daraw Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Sebaia Arabic
departmental council of Haute-Savoie
surface form: Departmental Council of Haute-Savoie
French
Osica de Sus Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ajuntament de Lleida Catalan
Ajuntament de Lleida Spanish
Kintetsu Department Store Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Orani Filipino via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Orani English
Samal
surface form: Samal, Bataan
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Samal
surface form: Samal, Bataan
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"