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
Ramos
surface form: Ramos, Tarlac
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ramos
surface form: Ramos, Tarlac
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pura Filipino
Pura English
Terrebonne French
Repentigny French
Mascouche French
Boisbriand French
L’Assomption French
Oka French
Pointe-Calumet French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
L’Épiphanie French
Bellevue, Switzerland French
Masfjorden Municipality Nynorsk via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian Nynorsk
Alcobaça Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Niederschönhausen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sochaczew Polish
Osakasayama Japanese
San Miguel Department Spanish
Vers-Pont-du-Gard French
Split-Dalmatia County Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Álamos Municipality Spanish
Quiriego Municipality Spanish
Villanueva del Pardillo Spanish
Las Rozas de Puerto Real Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arrondissement of Soignies French
SHAPE headquarters complex English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
SHAPE headquarters complex French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois French
UfM
surface form: Union for the Mediterranean
English
UfM
surface form: Union for the Mediterranean
French
UfM
surface form: Union for the Mediterranean
Arabic
Tana Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Eastern Group of the Azores Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rapperswil-Jona German
Overijssel provincial government Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Boston College Law School residence facility English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Euskirchen German
Helsinki Parish Union Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Helsinki Parish Union Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vas County Hungarian language
surface form: Hungarian
Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seoul Metropolitan Government Korean
Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines
surface form: Tanauan, Batangas
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines
surface form: Tanauan, Batangas
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Second Philippine Republic Tagalog
Second Philippine Republic English
Second Philippine Republic Spanish
Kėdainiai Lithuanian
Kaišiadorys Lithuanian