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
Teaoraereke English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Teaoraereke Gilbertese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Gilbertese
Tanaea English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanaea Gilbertese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Gilbertese
Nabeina English
Nabeina Gilbertese language
surface form: Gilbertese
Wellbank English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ådalsbruk Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
Municipal Chamber of Horta Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ratoma French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Matoto French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Cape Verde Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Presidency of Cape Verde Portuguese
Windsor
surface form: Windsor, Wisconsin
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mazomanie (town) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Navajo Nation reservation (part)
surface form: Navajo Nation reservation (part) in Coconino County
Navajo language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Navajo
Navajo Nation reservation (part)
surface form: Navajo Nation reservation (part) in Coconino County
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaibab Indian Reservation (part) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Place Guillaume II Luxembourgish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Place Guillaume II French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Place Guillaume II German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rising Star Award English
Committee Room 1 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Finance of Hungary Hungarian language
surface form: Hungarian
Ferenciek tere Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Budapest city government (many central offices)
surface form: Budapest city government
Hungarian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Budapesti Közlekedési Vállalat Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2019 World Aquatics Championships English
2019 World Aquatics Championships Korean
Valais (German-speaking part) German
Wettingen German
Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich German
Bank of Mozambique Portuguese
Old Crow English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Tsiigehtchic English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Venetie English
Kellas Village English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Balmirmer English
lords of Les Baux
surface form: Lords of Les Baux
Occitan via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
lords of Les Baux
surface form: Lords of Les Baux
Old French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Arabic
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Spanish
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Hassaniya Arabic
Smara Arabic
Putten Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Teikoku Gikai Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hyderabad Secretariat Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hyderabad Secretariat English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Khairatabad Telugu
Khairatabad Urdu language
surface form: Urdu