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
Rohtak Assembly constituency Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Butaritari District English
Butaritari District Gilbertese language
surface form: Gilbertese
Tabonibara English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Tabonibara Gilbertese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Natata English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Natata Gilbertese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Gilbertese
Utiroa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Utiroa Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanimainiku English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanimainiku Gilbertese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Gilbertese
Ancenis-Saint-Géréon French
Orvault French
Vertou French
Bouguenais French
Blain French
Asprangeloi Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tsepelovo Greek
Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia Greek
Central Tzoumerka municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nagakute Japanese
CIVIS English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cagnes-sur-Mer French
Tábor District Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chongra Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Mörel German
Huixquilucan de Degollado Spanish
San Fernando
surface form: San Fernando, Huixquilucan
Spanish
San Jacinto Spanish
San Juan Bautista
surface form: San Juan Bautista (Huixquilucan)
Spanish
El Olivo Spanish
El Palacio Spanish
La Magdalena Chichicaspa Spanish
Watertown, Minnesota, United States of America
surface form: Watertown, Minnesota
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ovaro Italian
Sutrio Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Udine Italian
Sutrio village
surface form: Sutrio
Italian language
surface form: Italian
Biguglia French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lucciana French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yutz French
Creutzwald French
Dairut Arabic
Manfalut Arabic
Abnub Arabic
El Quseyya Arabic
Sedfa Arabic
Ghanayem Arabic
Commercy French
Französisch Buchholz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"