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
Parbat District Nepali
Königstein German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hallstatt German
Lahij Governorate (broad area association)
surface form: Lahij Governorate
Arabic
Montasola Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vyazemsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Ikaria Greek language via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Ćuprija Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Paraćin Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Varvarin Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Gaolan County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hai District Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Hai District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Siha District Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Siha District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Same District Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Same District English
Tanga Region Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Tanga Region English
Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bettona Italian
courts of Australia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Judiciary of Australia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-André-du-Bois French via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
President of the European Council all official languages of the European Union
Molde Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hawaiian Gardens English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cranwell and Byard's Leap Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jura bernois French
Belle Vue English
Stomio Greek
Kjøpsvik Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palencia Spanish
Puerto Aysén Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Émile French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Pampilhosa da Serra Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Pedrógão Grande Portuguese
Alcanena Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Xigu District Chinese
Pleasant Valley, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cheonghak-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Churchill, Manitoba English
Stord Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Honningsvåg Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Government of the Kingdom of Italy Italian
Nakhichevan uezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alpignano Italian
Pope Innocent XII Latin via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Arrondissement of Leuven Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Patna Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"