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
Arrondissement of Le Marin French
Trois-Îléens French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Álvaro Obregón borough Spanish
Quispicanchi Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Andrés Island Spanish
Pétange Luxembourgish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Pétange French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Pétange German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
San Miguelito District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Weiningen German
Regency Kingdom Polish
Regency Council Polish
Colima Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manzanillo Municipality Spanish
Villa de Álvarez Municipality Spanish
Comala Municipality Spanish
Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Environment and Ecology Bureau Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Environment and Ecology Bureau English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau Chinese
Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau English
Judiciary of Hong Kong Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Judiciary of Hong Kong English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Laos Lao
Xiangkhouang Province Lao
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe German
Tecomán Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Armería Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hungarian People's Republic Hungarian
Stavanger amt Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award English
Province of Southern Africa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bishopscourt, Cape Town English
Bishopscourt, Cape Town Afrikaans
Sea Ports Corporation of Sudan Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Namdrik Marshallese language
surface form: Marshallese
Namdrik English
Namorik Marshallese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marshallese
Namorik English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Central State English
Asa English
Edu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baruten English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Utrik (village) Marshallese
Utrik (village) English
Aon (islet) Marshallese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aon (islet) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Biogea (islet)
surface form: Biogea
Marshallese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marshallese
Biogea (islet)
surface form: Biogea
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"