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
Parc / Park metro station Dutch
San Felipe Province Spanish
Isleta Pueblo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boulemane Arabic
Boulemane Amazigh
IHO
surface form: International Hydrographic Organization
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IHO
surface form: International Hydrographic Organization
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IHO
surface form: International Hydrographic Organization
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Andrés, Petén Spanish
Poptún Spanish
Melchor de Mencos Spanish
Boston Redevelopment Authority English
Fonsomme French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Minatitlán Spanish
Nuh II Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Coroner’s Court of Singapore English
Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Peruvian Institute of Sport Spanish
Indiana circuit courts English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Armed Forces Day English
Vyborgsky District, Saint Petersburg Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Assembly of Vojvodina Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Assembly of Vojvodina Hungarian
Assembly of Vojvodina Slovak
Assembly of Vojvodina Romanian
Assembly of Vojvodina Rusyn
Assembly of Vojvodina Croatian
San Cristóbal Texcalucan Spanish
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet French
Ampera Bridge Indonesian via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Lempira Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schiermonnikoog Dutch
Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala Spanish
Liberia
surface form: Liberia, Costa Rica
Spanish
al-Eizariya Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Žehra Slovak language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Slovak
Victoria Province English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialAdministration"
Zaka English
Paniqui Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Paniqui English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capas Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anao Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Anao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Manuel
surface form: San Manuel, Tarlac
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Manuel
surface form: San Manuel, Tarlac
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mayantoc Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mayantoc English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Ignacia Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Santa Ignacia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"