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
Santa Coloma de Gramenet Spanish
Gmina Tuszów Narodowy Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bruck an der Leitha German
1967 International and Universal Exposition English
1967 International and Universal Exposition French
Almopia municipality Greek
Paxos municipality Greek
City of Balanga Filipino
City of Balanga English
Ayuntamiento de Alcalá de Henares Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
сомони таджикский язык via predicate surface "официальныйЯзыкСтраны"
сомони русский язык via predicate surface "официальныйЯзыкСтраны"
National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyz via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FIBA Asia Cup English
FIBA Asia Cup French
FIBA Asia Cup Arabic
1986 FIBA World Championship English
1986 FIBA World Championship Spanish
North Wiltshire English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Mubarak Al-Kabeer (city) Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Al-Qusour Arabic
Al-Masayel Arabic
Al-Sabahiya (parts) Arabic
Dzyarzhynsk Belarusian
Dzyarzhynsk Russian
US
surface form: United States
English (de facto) via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Askøy Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Stuyahok, Alaska English
US
surface form: United States
English via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Barwala Hindi
Asco French
Calacuccia French
Calenzana French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conca French
village of Woodmere, Ohio
surface form: Woodmere, Ohio
English
Costa Ricans Spanish language via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Leiden city hall Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Judicial branch of Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quiché Department Spanish
Air Force Services Center English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elector of Salzburg German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Piana French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Puławy Polish
Amazonas (Venezuela) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Agra district Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Kusaie Kosrae State via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
surface form: Kosrae State (de facto)
Dietikon German