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
Chelsea
surface form: Chelsea, Quebec
English
Friesland district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Garenne-Colombes French
CSR
surface form: Chinese Soviet Republic
Chinese
Fonni Italian
Marguerittes French
Ivančice Czech
Taraori Hindi
Assandh Hindi
town of Istra
surface form: Istra
Russian
Khomasdal North Constituency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lonavala Municipal Council Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sticht Utrecht Latin
Bačka Palanka Serbian
Temerin Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Žabalj Serbian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Serbian
Beočin Serbian
Cullera Spanish
Cullera Catalan
surface form: Valencian
Tomsk Oblast Russian
Førde Nynorsk via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"
locality of Chapinero
surface form: Chapinero
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kenyan English
Kenyan Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Judiciary of New Hampshire English
Kagizman District Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rhodes regional unit Greek via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Vavuniya District Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vavuniya District Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bozova Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Samsat Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Leoncin Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nuh district Hindi
Faridabad division Hindi
Government of Belize English
Adud al-Dawla Arabic via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala Spanish
GT
surface form: Guatemala
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spa, Belgium
surface form: Spa
French
Zhongzheng District, Taipei Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Constitution Square Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ho English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Mehedinți County Romanian
Surčin municipality Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Skjervøy Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Taufkirchen German
Southern Cameroon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southern Cameroon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United States and United Kingdom
surface form: United States
English