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
Supreme Administrative Court of Slovakia Slovak language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2001 World Championships in Athletics English
2001 World Championships in Athletics French
DEU German
Murça Municipality Portuguese
Santa Marta de Penaguião Municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mesão Frio Municipality Portuguese
Rothville, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ahmedabad railway division Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ahmedabad railway division English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ahmedabad railway division Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Persian
Pemagatshel District Dzongkha
Manouba Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ISU Championships English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
ISU Championships French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Clapham, Barbados English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Slovak parliamentary election 2002 Slovak via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Baptist Union of Great Britain English
Stad aan ’t Haringvliet Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bahamas (in a broader geographic sense, sometimes grouped with the Antilles)
surface form: Bahamas
English
North Kynouria municipality
surface form: North Kynouria
Greek
Bishop of Tournai French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bishop of Tournai Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Parkes Shire Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sololá Department Spanish
Kʼicheʼ language Guatemalan department of Quiché (regional recognition) via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Panajachel Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guatemala Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New York Supreme Court, Criminal Term, New York County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vice-President of the European Central Bank English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vice-President of the European Central Bank French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vice-President of the European Central Bank German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Skydra municipality Greek
Pella Prefecture Greek via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Amstelveen, Netherlands
surface form: Amstelveen
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stary Oskol Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vågsøy Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ghulam dynasty of Delhi Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sogndal Municipality Nynorsk via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Gemeente Arnhem Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pizzo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zakynthos (city) Greek
Hijuelas Spanish
Independence Day
surface form: Polish Independence Day
Polish
Comune di Roma Italian
Bondowoso Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wakulla County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Angermünde German
Town of Milton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"