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
Rouvres
surface form: Rouvres (Val-d'Oise)
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caranavi Province Spanish
Puckett, Mississippi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rüschlikon, Switzerland
surface form: Rüschlikon
German
Rabigh Arabic
Bay Land, Barbados English
Alexandria Circuit Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Liausson French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Chinese
Neapoli
surface form: Neapoli (Lasithi)
Greek
Governorate of the Río de la Plata Spanish language via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
United States (during MLB season)
surface form: United States
none at federal level via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barumini Italian
Vanves French
Government of Grenada English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Boží Dar Czech
Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
surface form: Carry-le-Rouet
French
Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka Sinhala
Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka Tamil
Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka English
Khatkar Kalan Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
island of Nevis
surface form: Nevis
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Preveza Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region Spanish
Albany Corporation Counsel’s Office English
Dietz
surface form: Diez
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Namibia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Establishment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfNewState"
Swazi language Eswatini via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Swazi language South Africa via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Angat Filipino
Angat English
Bulakan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bulakan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guiguinto Filipino
Guiguinto English
Marilao Filipino
Marilao English
Norzagaray Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Norzagaray English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pandi Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Pandi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Rafael
surface form: San Rafael, Bulacan
Filipino
San Rafael
surface form: San Rafael, Bulacan
English
Alijó Portuguese
Murça Portuguese
Mesão Frio Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Armamar Portuguese
Tabuaço Portuguese
São João da Pesqueira Portuguese