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
Narok County English
Narok County Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Jalandhar district Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
Laboe German
Sawantwadi Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Vengurla taluka Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
North Coast Regional District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Honolulu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Honolulu Hawaiian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bennebroek Dutch
Forest, Belgium French
Forest, Belgium Dutch
Tampico Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Altamira, Tamaulipas Spanish
Riva San Vitale Italian
Melano Italian
State House, Mombasa English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
State House, Mombasa Swahili language via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
surface form: Swahili
Bishopric of Bergneustadt Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western District (American Samoa) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western District (American Samoa) Samoan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Imperial County government English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Kansas State Department of Education English
Comayagua Department Spanish
Mitanni kingdom Akkadian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Akkadian language
Gmina Budzów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Acquigny French
Røst Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Opatija Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Japanese Olympic Committee Japanese
IIHF World Championship 2006 in Riga
surface form: 2006 IIHF World Championship
English
IIHF World Championship 2006 in Riga
surface form: 2006 IIHF World Championship
French
IIHF World Championship 2006 in Riga
surface form: 2006 IIHF World Championship
Latvian
Brugg District German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Mesaieed Arabic
Buchs SG German
Blayney Shire local government area
surface form: Blayney Shire
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Blayney Shire Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kujalleq municipality Greenlandic
Kujalleq municipality Danish
Qaqortoq Kalaallisut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Greenlandic
Qaqortoq Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Nijmegen Dutch
Muş Turkish
Luwu Regency Indonesian
Mont-Saint-Aignan French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Thillay French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lanaudière French
San Miguel Coatlinchán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Faridkot Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi