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
Dovre municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vågå municipality
surface form: Vågå
Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Gran municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vestre Toten municipality Bokmål
Sel municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Skjåk municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lom municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIS English
FIS French
FIS German
FIS Russian
56th Parliament of the United Kingdom English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Clipperton Island French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tianning District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FFA
surface form: Fédération Française d’Athlétisme
French
IIHF women's competitions English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
IIHF women's competitions French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Roman province of Arabia Petraea
surface form: Arabia Petraea
Latin
Maising German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China Chinese
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou French
Polkowice Polish
Valladolid Spanish
Phú Thượng Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Konakovo Russian
Cugny French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Winterswijk Dutch
Walter Camp Man of the Year English
Mahoba district Hindi
Victoria
surface form: Victoria, Northern Samar
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Victoria
surface form: Victoria, Northern Samar
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
São Roque do Pico Portuguese
Claye-Souilly French
Compans French
Messy French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fresnes-sur-Marne French
Précy-sur-Marne French
Charmentray French
Carnetin French
Villevaudé French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villeroy French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Pin
surface form: Le Pin (Seine-et-Marne)
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vinantes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Longperrier French
Moussy-le-Neuf French
Othis French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Épiais-lès-Louvres French
Montgé-en-Goële French
Trilbardou French
Vignely French via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"