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
Alberta electoral districts English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Forest French
Forest Dutch
Saint-Gilles French
Saint-Gilles Dutch
Dilbeek Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska English
Manguissa language Cameroon (non-official, local language) via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Municipality of Bled Slovene via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Patriarchal Palace, Bucharest Romanian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Alcaldía Tlalpan Spanish
Kabinawa village English
Kabinawa village Gilbertese language
surface form: Gilbertese
Abemama Island Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Abemama Island Council Gilbertese language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Gilbertese
Kabinawa English
Kabinawa Gilbertese language
surface form: Gilbertese
Tabontebike English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tabontebike Gilbertese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Gilbertese
Baretoa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baretoa Gilbertese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Gilbertese
Tebanga English
Tebanga Gilbertese language
surface form: Gilbertese
Srokowo Polish
South East Delhi district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Haryana Legislative Assembly Hindi
Haryana Road Transport Authority Hindi via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Lo Barnechea Spanish
Capampangan none (not a national official language of the Philippines) via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Radès Arabic
Požega, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hawalli Governorate Arabic
Bjørnafjorden Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Askøy Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Storslett Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Bayville, Barbados English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castrovirreyna Province Spanish
British Embassy Paris English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karlovy Vary Czech
Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villanueva de la Cañada Spanish
Iztapalapa community
surface form: Iztapalapa
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lillestrøm Norwegian
Nesodden Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Genolier French
Ağrı Province Turkish
Jhajjar district Hindi