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
Enearmij (islet)
surface form: Enearmij
Marshallese
Enearmij (islet)
surface form: Enearmij
English
Narem (islet)
surface form: Narem
Marshallese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Narem (islet)
surface form: Narem
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heggadadevanakote Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hudgur village Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Somwarpet Kannada
Sultanpur district Hindi
Amethi district Hindi
Ambedkar Nagar district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mau district Hindi
Buala English
Prijedor Bosnian
Prijedor Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Prijedor Croatian
Sanem Luxembourgish
Sanem French
Sanem German
Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villemoustaussou French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cherokee County, Oklahoma English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vaupés Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khakassia Russian
Khakassia Khakas
Gdovsky District Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
West Dunbartonshire Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Upolu, Samoa
surface form: Upolu
Samoan language
surface form: Samoan
Upolu, Samoa
surface form: Upolu
English
SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dinslaken German
Carmagnola Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ejea de los Caballeros Spanish
Ponteareas Galician language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Galician
Ponteareas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tábua Portuguese
Vila Verde Portuguese
Orientale Province French
ICC Detention Centre, Scheveningen English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
ICC Detention Centre, Scheveningen French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Autonomous community of Andalusia Spanish
Bailén Spanish
Linares Spanish
Woudenberg Dutch
Okitipupa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Swinton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Raminho Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Ribeirinha Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
São Bartolomeu de Regatos Portuguese
Terra Chã Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Likiep Marshallese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marshallese