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
Fauske Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rana Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Sjøvegan Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Vikran Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Troms constituency Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Goriška statistical region Slovene via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kanal ob Soči Slovene via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zeltweg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arrondissement of Ghent Dutch
Amorite dynasty of Mari Akkadian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mora
surface form: Mora (Portugal)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arraiolos Municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Viana do Alentejo Municipality Portuguese
Sousel Municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Karditsa Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ibestad Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Kruševac Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Peć District Albanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Peć District Serbian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Serbian
Novo-Bayazet district Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hemnes Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
Gaza Governorates Arabic via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gorontalo City Indonesian
Gmina Słubice Polish
Tashkent Region (surrounding area)
surface form: Tashkent Region
Uzbek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 English
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 French
Shah Mir dynasty Persian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Dogra dynasty of Jammu and Kashmir Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dogra dynasty of Jammu and Kashmir Urdu language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Urdu
Camacho Province Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Soria
surface form: Soria (province)
Spanish
Uşak Province Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conference of Presidents (Conferencia de Presidentes)
surface form: Conference of Presidents
Spanish
Maloja District German
Maloja District Romansh language
surface form: Romansh
Maloja District Italian
Chuschi, Ayacucho, Peru Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Judicial branch of the State of Mississippi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vikarabad district Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Vikarabad district Urdu language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Urdu
Houston Airport System English
Svetly Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jenne, Lazio Italian
Jenne, Papal States Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cambridge
surface form: Cambridge, Ontario
English
Šempeter–Vrtojba Slovene
Daşoguz Region Turkmen
Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"