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
Likiep English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sierra Madre City Hall English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Jezreel Valley Regional Council Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Eriswell English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ashley
surface form: Ashley, Suffolk
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marignane French
Sestriere Italian
Kogi
surface form: Kogi State
English
Republic of Khakassia Russian
Republic of Khakassia Khakas
Florida Territory English
Pazardzhik Bulgarian
Makoni District English
Schengen Luxembourgish
Schengen French
Schengen German
Congress of Aguascalientes Spanish
Jesús María Spanish
Calvillo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rincón de Romos Spanish
Pabellón de Arteaga Spanish
San Francisco de los Romo Spanish
Tepezalá Spanish
Cosío Spanish
Déville-lès-Rouen French
Shanklin Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pineville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plombières French
Plombières German
Échirolles French
Andújar Spanish
Dobromierz, Poland Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate German
Geraardsbergen Dutch
Ciudad Madero Spanish
Coquimatlán Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Minatitlán Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lycian League Lycian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lycian League Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mayiladuthurai Tamil
Bocas del Toro Province Spanish
Seal of the United States Senate English
Donau-Ries German
Susaninskaya Square Russian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Ostrovsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metropolitan City of Venice Italian
Tarama-jima Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cormeilles-en-Parisis French
Bossey French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rajpura Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi