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
Luxembourg City Hall French
Luxembourg City Hall German
Fassa Valley Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Trinité French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Román Province Spanish
Conflent French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Priest French
Tai Po District Chinese
Tai Po District English
Plymouth, Vermont English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carmona
surface form: Carmona, Cavite
Filipino
Carmona
surface form: Carmona, Cavite
English
Maragondon Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maragondon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lumbini Province Nepali
Carabobo Spanish
state of Monagas
surface form: Monagas
Spanish
Veterans Affairs Canada English
Veterans Affairs Canada French
Jinyuan District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nizhnevartovsk Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Sogn og Fjordane Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Place de la Libération French
Amreli district Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amreli district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alagna Valsesia Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Allegany Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago English
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Finland) Finnish
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Finland) Swedish
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
surface form: Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Finnish
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
surface form: Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Swedish
Rajauri Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Mandi Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Środa Śląska County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Miękinia Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kapadvanj Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sofades Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Argithea Greek
Torres Strait Island Regional Council English via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France
surface form: Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire
French
Somero, Finland
surface form: Somero
Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaposvár, Serbia (Bácskossuthfalva) Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency) English
Koprivnica Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sassuolo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sonbhadra district Hindi
Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
surface form: Puerto Cabezas
Spanish
International Hockey Federation English
International Table Tennis Federation English