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
Houthalen Dutch
Romita, Guanajuato, Mexico Spanish
San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, Mexico
surface form: San Francisco del Rincón
Spanish
Silao (Spanish)
surface form: Silao
Spanish
1934 IIHF World Championship English
1934 IIHF World Championship French
XV Olympic Winter Games English
XV Olympic Winter Games French
Concesio Italian
Comune di Castel Gandolfo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rocca di Papa Italian
East Luwu Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sachs Harbour English
Paramara period (9th–14th century) Sanskrit via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Maratha–Holkar rule (18th–19th century) Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Maratha–Holkar rule (18th–19th century) Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Aigaleo municipality Greek
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Pitjantjatjara language
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Yankunytjatjara language
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands English language
Orkney and Shetland Westminster constituency
surface form: Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)
English
Gunma Prefecture Japanese
Lagos Colony English
Akwa United F.C. English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marino, Lazio Italian
Čačak Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Zhytomyr Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ascension Island Government English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ruovesi Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rewari Hindi
Pskovsky District Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Allied Forces Southern Europe English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Allied Forces Southern Europe French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Webster, Indiana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
East Bolaang Mongondow Regency Indonesian
Colfax County, New Mexico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hadsel Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Sincan Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amantaní District Spanish
Amantaní District Quechua
Amantaní District Aymara
Republic of Crimea Russian
Republic of Crimea Ukrainian
Republic of Crimea Crimean Tatar language
surface form: Crimean Tatar
Woja Marshallese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Woja English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Airok Marshallese language
surface form: Marshallese
Airok English
Volsk Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Atkarsk Russian