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
Faridkot district Punjabi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Punjabi
USHL Coach of the Year English
Melipeuco Spanish
Jiwaka Province English
Jiwaka Province Tok Pisin
Jiwaka Province Hiri Motu
Maros Regency Indonesian
Pangkajene and Islands Regency Indonesian
Constitutional Court of Thailand Thai
Gomel District Belarusian
Gomel District Russian
Puerto Inírida Spanish
Township of Armstrong English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oluta municipality Spanish
Northern Finland Finnish
Bayerisch Eisenstein German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cromford Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hyderabad State Railway English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hyderabad State Railway Urdu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hawaii state airport system English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hawaii state airport system Hawaiian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Antigua Sailing Week English
Nabatieh District Arabic
Chokhatauri Municipality Georgian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Georgian
arrondissement of Kortrijk
surface form: Arrondissement of Kortrijk
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
judicial arrondissement of Kortrijk Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Peshkopi Albanian
Debar Macedonian
Brunete Spanish
Modern Spanish Spain via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Mexico via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Colombia via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Argentina via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Peru via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Venezuela via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Chile via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Ecuador via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Bolivia via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Paraguay via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Uruguay via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Guatemala via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Honduras via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish El Salvador via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Nicaragua via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Costa Rica via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Panama via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Cuba via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Dominican Republic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Puerto Rico via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Modern Spanish Equatorial Guinea via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"