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
Devon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lempäälä Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vinton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Limache Spanish
El Quisco Spanish
Santo Domingo Spanish
Municipality of Los Andes Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Praiano Italian
Maiori Italian
Aka-Kede none via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageOf"
Ganja District Azerbaijani language
surface form: Azerbaijani
Tbilisi City Hall Georgian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Georgian
Romanian legislative election, 2012 Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Shulin District Mandarin Chinese
Brunoy French
Noorden Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ter Aar Dutch
Langeraar Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vrouwenakker Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Korteraar Dutch
Switzerland and Austria
surface form: Switzerland
German
Switzerland and Austria
surface form: Switzerland
French
Switzerland and Austria
surface form: Switzerland
Italian
Switzerland and Austria
surface form: Switzerland
Romansh language
surface form: Romansh
Bautzen district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Puerto Francisco de Orellana Spanish
Aguarico Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Loreto Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iba, Zambales Filipino
Iba, Zambales English
Central Bank of Myanmar Burmese
Municipality of Sabrosa Portuguese
Parish Council of Gouvinhas Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prix d'interprétation masculine French
Greenwood, Nova Scotia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Kram Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ettahrir Arabic
Séjoumi Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Manouba (urban area) Arabic
Ben Arous Governorate Arabic
Salzwedel German
Delaware Supreme Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malolos Filipino
Malolos English
Municipality of Querétaro Spanish
El Pueblito Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipio de Corregidora Spanish
Idrisid emirate of Fez Arabic
Skenderaj Albanian language
surface form: Albanian
Kosovo Specialist Chambers Albanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"