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
Fillinges French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Ornans French
Ludbreg Croatian
Mariazell German
Tirat Carmel Hebrew
Nesher Hebrew
Zambezi Watercourse Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yelahanka Kannada
North-East District, Botswana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Basra Governorate Arabic
southwestern Mali
surface form: Southwestern Mali
French
Kidapawan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kidapawan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Jorioz French
Chingola English
Kotturpuram Tamil
Gila River Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gila River Indian Reservation Tohono Oʼodham language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: O’odham language
Gila River Indian Reservation Maricopa language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tecuci Romanian
Ruse Province Bulgarian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Victoria County, New Brunswick English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Victoria County, New Brunswick French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fontenoy, Wallonia, Belgium French
city of Rieti
surface form: Rieti
Italian
Amatrice Italian
Cittareale Italian
Antrodoco Italian
Greccio Italian
Labro Italian
Turania Italian
Stimigliano Italian
Scandriglia Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cantalice Italian
Rivodutri Italian
Roccantica Italian
Torri in Sabina Italian
Forano Italian
Selci Italian
Tarano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montenero Sabino Italian
Longone Sabino Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Borgorose Italian
Petrella Salto Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Concerviano Italian language
surface form: Italian
Belmonte in Sabina Italian
Torricella in Sabina Italian
Collegiove Italian language
surface form: Italian
Toffia Italian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Italian
Frasso Sabino Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"