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
Brčko Bosnian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brčko Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brčko Serbian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Serbian
Eid Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Stryn (town) Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Michael Unit English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Hordaland Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
La Carolina Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nagercoil Tamil
Chelyabinsk Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Danao City Filipino
Danao City English
Dakahlia Governorate Arabic
Government of Antigua and Barbuda English
Karasjok Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karasjok Municipality Northern Sami language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Northern Sámi
Phu Tho Province Vietnamese
Seongho-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Council of Nyon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ramat Hasharon Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amazonas Portuguese
Billund, Denmark
surface form: Billund
Danish
Ålesund Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Giske (nearby municipality and island group)
surface form: Giske
Nynorsk via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Sykkylven Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Lapseki Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Atarrabia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amazonas state, Venezuela Spanish
Apure State Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heres Municipality Spanish
Võru County Estonian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Põlva County Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Peachland English
Itapecerica da Serra Portuguese
Zhovkva Ukrainian
Huancané Province Spanish
Rilly-la-Montagne French
Brazoria, Texas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hildesheim district German
Malavalli Kannada
Commune of Talcahuano Spanish
Paderno Dugnano Italian
Cormano Italian
Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Firozkoh Persian language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Persian
Tamiya Arabic
Sinnuris Arabic
Romanian People’s Republic Romanian