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
Municipality of Larissa Greek
Mustang District Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Myagdi District Nepali
Six Nations Elected Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Faleniu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Faleniu Samoan language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Samoan
Gomalandet Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Grembergen Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CITES Animals Committee English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CITES Animals Committee French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CITES Animals Committee Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ben Gashir Arabic
Hausen an der Würm German
Rice Canal Sindhi via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfLocalAdministration"
Rice Canal Urdu via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfLocalAdministration"
Middle Verde English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bank of Guatemala Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Al Bahah Arabic
Ylöjärvi Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sonsorol Islands English
Sonsorol Islands Sonsorolese language
surface form: Sonsorolese
Sonsorol Islands Palauan
Naryan-Mar Russian
Marsa Alam Arabic
Zapolyarnoye gas field Russian via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Tocantins Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maya-Maya district (Brazzaville) French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Pool Department French
Arcos (Estremoz) Portuguese
Glória (Estremoz) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
São Domingos de Ana Loura Portuguese
Veiros (Estremoz) Portuguese
Borba Portuguese
Puerto Cortés Spanish
Savyon Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Chiayi County Mandarin Chinese
Ermoupoli Greek
Emohua Local Government Area English
Hjulsta Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
Stockholm Värtahamnen Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Noma
surface form: Noma, Florida
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rillieux-la-Pape French
Wuhan Municipal People’s Government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sammons Point, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Argentine Confederation Spanish
Palmi Italian
Inari, Finland Finnish
Inari, Finland Northern Sami language
surface form: Northern Sámi
Inari, Finland Inari Sámi
Inari, Finland Skolt Sami language
surface form: Skolt Sámi