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
La Palma d’Ebre Spanish
Baix Camp Catalan
Baix Camp Spanish
Gu'an County Standard Chinese
Hisar Hindi
Jind district Hindi
Brittons Hill, Barbados English
Dutch Limburg Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Romanian legislative election, 2020 Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Vlkolínec Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Arjeplog Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beverly Hills Fire Department English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhiwadi Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Hapur Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Karnal Hindi
Garhi Sampla-Kiloi Assembly constituency Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Minalin Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Minalin English
office of the Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
surface form: Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Akhtubinsk Russian
district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin
surface form: Ostprignitz-Ruppin
German
Galkayo Somali
Tracy-Bocage French
Yanbu Governorate Arabic
Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu Arabic
Comune di Firenze Italian
Division of State Parks English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
magistrates’ courts of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
office of the Prime Minister
surface form: Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Helsinki City Board Finnish
Helsinki City Board Swedish
Barlavento Islands Portuguese
Tarrafal de São Nicolau Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau
surface form: Tarrafal de São Nicolau
Portuguese
Calheta
surface form: Calheta (Maio)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maio Municipality Portuguese
Cloud City Galactic Basic Standard via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
California's 20th congressional district English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Municipality of Miraflores Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Federal Republic of Germany (indirectly via Deutsche Bahn AG)
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich German
Dzong-Ka Bhutan via predicate surface "countryWhereOfficialLanguage"
Samdrup Jongkhar District Dzongkha via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Orellana Canton Spanish
Étrépagny French
Aligarh district Hindi
Aligarh Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vétraz-Monthoux French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rivarolo Canavese Italian
Santa Coloma de Gramenet Catalan