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
Füssen German
Robertson County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Olsztyn Polish
Gauting German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aymara people Bolivia via predicate surface "officialLanguageIn"
Aymara people Peru via predicate surface "officialLanguageIn"
Municipal Government of El Alto Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Safaga Arabic
Quseer Arabic
Ras Gharib Arabic
El Guettar Arabic
Noyabrsk Russian
Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway Russian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfOfficialDocuments"
Morbi district Gujarati
Morbi district Hindi
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg
surface form: Colmar-Berg
Luxembourgish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg
surface form: Colmar-Berg
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg
surface form: Colmar-Berg
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sai Kung District Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Sai Kung District English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Morrinhos Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Duchy of Carinthia German
Duchy of Carinthia Latin
Ngawi Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Portuguesa State Spanish
Nordkapp Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dasma Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfArea"
Daeya Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Kawit Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Kawit English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fjaler Municipality
surface form: Fjaler
Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
Montgeron French
Oklahoma City English
Orissa High Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Orissa High Court Odia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cyclades regional unit Greek
Vari
surface form: Vari (Syros)
Greek
Syros-Ermoupoli municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 German
Lachlan Shire Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sann Sindhi
Ngari Prefecture Standard Chinese
Działdowo Polish
Württemberg-Baden German
Doksan-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ullensvang Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Nadiad Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nadiad Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
’s-Gravenpolder
surface form: 's-Gravenpolder
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Palencia Spanish