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
Wendake Wyandot language
surface form: Wendat language
Les Rivières borough French
Montreux Jazz Festival French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Australian Antarctic Territory English via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Nagoya City Council Japanese
Bad Staffelstein German
Huari Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chavín de Huántar District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roseau, Dominica English
World Constructors' Championship English
Cisleithanian crown lands German
Fédération Internationale Féline English
Fédération Internationale Féline French
Fédération Internationale Féline German
tk (macrolanguage) Turkmenistan via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Alajuela Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lent Bumps English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
States of Guernsey English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Domodossola Italian
Province of Ancona Italian
Pazin Croatian
Qom Province Persian language
surface form: Persian
Kvæfjord Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Etimesgut Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hoshiarpur Punjabi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Punjabi
Sol Plaatje Local Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sol Plaatje Local Municipality Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sol Plaatje Local Municipality Setswana via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tinogasta Department Spanish
South Bolaang Mongondow Regency Indonesian
Toyota, West Virginia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Torsby Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nuremberg City Hall German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nijmegen city hall Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
International Union of Architects English
International Union of Architects French
International Union of Architects Spanish
Brisbane
surface form: Brisbane, California
English
Shawinigan French
Othón P. Blanco Spanish
Wards of the City of London English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayat-sur-Sioule French
Römerberg square
surface form: Römerberg
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Congress of Neurological Surgeons English
Soest Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
De Bilt Dutch
Lopik Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stichtse Vecht Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Utrechtse Heuvelrug Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UK Space Agency English