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
Corporation of Madras Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pili, Camarines Sur Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pili, Camarines Sur English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pesotum, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lower Valais French
Lagos State Government English
Harleston English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Coudray-Montceaux French
Ollainville French
Mannings Hill English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Martos Spanish
Villanueva del Arzobispo Spanish
Municipality of Hydra Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Insular Chile Spanish
Nagykanizsa Hungarian language
surface form: Hungarian
Saguenay French
Wotho Marshallese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marshallese
Wotho English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Deià, Majorca, Spain
surface form: Deià
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Deià, Majorca, Spain
surface form: Deià
Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Demmin German
Kecel Hungarian
Ujae village Marshallese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ujae village English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roa Spanish
Soppeng Regency Indonesian
Jalaun district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse French
Sør-Fron municipality
surface form: Sør-Fron
Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"
Balangiga Filipino
Balangiga English
Nagasaki District Court Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Latina Calcio 1932 Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sabaudia Italian
Fondi Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sezze Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cisterna di Latina Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aprilia Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Felice Circeo Italian
Norma Italian
Cori Italian
Sonnino Italian
Monte San Biagio Italian
Spigno Saturnia Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castelforte Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
city of Latina
surface form: Latina
Italian
Municipalities of Greece Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Athens International Airport S.A. Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lobito Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"