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
Zuidplas Dutch
municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee
surface form: Goeree-Overflakkee
Dutch
municipality of Hoeksche Waard
surface form: Hoeksche Waard
Dutch
municipality of Westvoorne
surface form: Westvoorne
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kuria English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kuria Gilbertese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Gilbertese
Strzelno Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Higashikurume Japanese
Kennedybrücke
surface form: Kennedybrücke (Hamburg)
German
Chios regional unit Greek
Filipino people Tagalog via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
surface form: Filipino language
Filipino people English language via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OMVS French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western Area English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State House
surface form: State House (Sierra Leone)
English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Qus Arabic
Farshut Arabic
Abu Tesht Arabic
Waqf Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Cruz das Flores Portuguese
Municipality of Santa Cruz das Flores Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oberwesel German
CIPR German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CIPR French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CIPR Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CIPR English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mafra, Santa Catarina, Brazil Portuguese
Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta Grossa Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Constitution of Djibouti Arabic via predicate surface "definesOfficialLanguage"
Constitution of Djibouti French via predicate surface "definesOfficialLanguage"
Ihnasya al-Madinah Arabic
Al Asimah Governorate Arabic
Foreign Affairs Committee
surface form: Foreign Affairs Committee (Kuwait)
Arabic via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
National Assembly building, Nouakchott Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Assembly building, Nouakchott French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Judiciary of Mauritania Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uruma City Hall Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Harden Shire English
Horta City Hall Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
North Gaza Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cittaducale Italian
Guantao County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gombe State English
Jaunpur Hindi
Municipality of Chania Greek
Khabarovsky District Russian
Budavár Hungarian
Eastern Division, Fiji English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eastern Division, Fiji Fijian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"