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
Aigle French
Villars-sur-Ollon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grand Council of Vaud French
Camarate Portuguese
Cowlinge English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chilton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shipmeadow English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ilketshall St Andrew English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Foulden English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Semarang Indonesian
Agen, France
surface form: Agen
French
Mandya district Kannada
Ayodhya district Hindi
Mutare City Hall English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Mutare City Hall Shona via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Mutare City Hall Ndau via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Kapurthala Punjabi
Copiah County, Mississippi English
Ridgeland, Mississippi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gustavia French
Cherokee Nation reservation (modern jurisdictional area) English
Cherokee Nation reservation (modern jurisdictional area) Cherokee language
Ghorahi Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Evje og Hornnes Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bygland Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Valle Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bykle Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gjerstad Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Clopton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Whitton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bixley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Badley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hepworth English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795) Polish
Tongshan District Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carapicuíba Portuguese
Matamata-Piako District English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Matamata-Piako District Māori via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Galvarino Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Luwu Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Værøy Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Government of the Marshall Islands Marshallese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Government of the Marshall Islands English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
San Antonio
surface form: San Antonio, Los Baños
Filipino
San Antonio
surface form: San Antonio, Los Baños
English
Canton of Grevenmacher Luxembourgish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canton of Grevenmacher French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canton of Grevenmacher German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Láncara, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
surface form: Láncara
Galician
Láncara, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
surface form: Láncara
Spanish