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
Farsala municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Agia municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tempi municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fiji archipelago English
Fiji archipelago Fijian
Fiji archipelago Fiji Hindi
Khan Yunis Governorate Arabic
District of Idaho English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ilmenau German
Barretos Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Chucuito Province Spanish
Wanbailin District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port Vendres, France
surface form: Port-Vendres
French
Commune of Hiva Oa French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beausoleil French
Carros French
Levens French
La Gaude French
Aspremont French
Gattières French
Saint-André-de-la-Roche French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Empire of Alexander the Great Greek
Poggio San Lorenzo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Linzhang County Standard Chinese
Alzira Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alzira Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Valencian
Province of Trento Italian
Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Mosel German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Skiathos Greek
President of Zanzibar Swahili via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
President of Zanzibar English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Sultanate of Zanzibar Arabic
Tenterfield Shire Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Saint-Louis Department French
오산시 한국어
Kōchi Prefecture Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Meliskerke Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Rotterdam Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Beaulieu-sur-Mer French
Èze French
Cattaraugus Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oil Springs Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khelvachauri Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kanowit Malay
American colonial period in the Philippines English
American colonial period in the Philippines Spanish
American colonial period in the Philippines various Philippine languages
Taltal Province Spanish
Taltal Commune Spanish