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
Orion
surface form: Orion, Bataan
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Orion
surface form: Orion, Bataan
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mysuru district Kannada
Mysuru City Corporation Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bad Ems German
Tillé French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ajuntament de Tarragona Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ajuntament de Tarragona Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kosrae State Department of Education English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
St. Augustine English
Tokologo Local Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tokologo Local Municipality Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
რუსთავი ქართული ენა
მარნეული ქართული ენა
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
French
Tuusula Finnish
Tuusula Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
Antofagasta de la Sierra Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Urdorf German
Oberengstringen German
Unterengstringen German
canton of Redessan French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nanyuan Chinese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Azay-le-Rideau French
Suphan Buri Province Thai
Administrative District of Biel/Bienne German
Administrative District of Biel/Bienne French
Segrià comarca
surface form: Segrià
Catalan
Segrià comarca
surface form: Segrià
Spanish
Junta of Castile and León Spanish
Gmina Jordanów Polish
Gmina Stryszawa Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Zawoja Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Zembrzyce Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
powiat suski Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Archdeaconry of Bromley & Bexley English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Yozgat Turkish
Eastchester Town Hall English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vogelenzang Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ba'athist Iraq Arabic
Ba'athist Iraq Kurdish
Bolaang Mongondow Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pithoragarh Hindi
Montrose, British Columbia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Melvin, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palopo Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Enrekang Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ales, Sardinia, Italy
surface form: Ales
Italian
Kenyan national anthem Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Kenyan national anthem English