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
Kosovo Specialist Chambers Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ansongo French (official language of administration) via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Ménaka French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Floridablanca
surface form: Floridablanca, Pampanga
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Floridablanca
surface form: Floridablanca, Pampanga
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Simon
surface form: San Simon, Pampanga
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Simon
surface form: San Simon, Pampanga
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Provincial Government of Pampanga Filipino
Provincial Government of Pampanga English
Chaves Municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality Portuguese
Ribeira de Pena Municipality Portuguese
Mondim de Basto Municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nainatheevu Tamil via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Principles Relevant to the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Data Centre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Data Centre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Data Centre Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Data Centre Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Data Centre Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Data Centre Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Black Sea Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Rinconada Spanish
Stoutsville, Ohio English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden German
Novokuybyshevsk Russian
Emma, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gimel-les-Cascades French
CA Tulle Agglo French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Commune of Corseaux French
Grand Duchy of Würzburg German
Lauingen German
Oliveira do Bairro Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
2005 World Championships in Athletics English
2005 World Championships in Athletics Finnish
Japanese Paralympic Committee Japanese
Positano Italian
Conca dei Marini Italian
CAF Cup Winners' Cup English
CAF Cup Winners' Cup French
Bardo Arabic
Tunisian football league system Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tunisian football league system French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Council of State of Turkey Turkish
Borgloon Dutch
Halle (Westphalia) German
Werther (Westphalia) German
Steinhagen (Westphalia) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bad Oeynhausen German
Porta Westfalica German