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
Eastern Division, Fiji Fiji Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tavuki Fijian via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Tavuki English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Tavuki Fiji Hindi via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
International Amateur Athletic Federation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Amateur Athletic Federation French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chōfu Japanese
Trappes French
Tumut Shire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quimperlé French
Municipality of Budapest Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bergneustadt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Navi Mumbai Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Bhagur Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Kavala regional unit Greek
Belgian universities Dutch via predicate surface "haveOfficialLanguage"
Belgian universities French via predicate surface "haveOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Eindhoven Dutch
Rathausplatz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mont-Saint-André French
Borås Swedish
Aschering German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Avaré Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Gwanak-gu Korean
Longueuil French
Municipality of Lajes das Flores Portuguese
Cabo Delgado Province Portuguese
Flag of Djibouti Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Flag of Djibouti French via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Government of Kuwait Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Giurgiu Romanian
Cakaudrove Province English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vilankulo Portuguese
Inuvik English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State of Maranhão Portuguese
Ameerpet Telugu
Deephaven English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Thurgau German
Sheung Shui Chinese
Sheung Shui English
Sprockhövel German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gambell English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alaska Division of Elections English
Amherst, Nova Scotia English
North Slave Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ranga Reddy district Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Capital Governorate Arabic
Heenweg Dutch
Île Royale French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Roman province of Picenum et Sabina Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"