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
Diez German
Ottoman governorship of Tunis Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flag of Tunisia Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Middle Congo French
Kazlų Rūda Lithuanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lithuanian airport network Lithuanian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Magny-les-Hameaux French
Comune of Vedelago Italian
Vaujours French
Thalwil German
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands English
Abu Salih Mansur I Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Guanacaste Province Spanish
Biograd na Moru Croatian
San Antonio Palopó Spanish
Colorado Supreme Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ansan Korean
Paramount English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Falls County, Texas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aurora, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guazapares Municipality Spanish
Rukn al-Dawla Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Proszowice County Polish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Nilokheri Hindi
Puri district Odia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pećinci Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stara Pazova Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Earldom of Wessex Old English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hammam Sousse Arabic
Finstock Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laconia regional unit Greek
Solin Croatian
Ninove Dutch
Vichy French Navy French
Lány Czech
Mentawai Islands Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pariaman Indonesian
Pesisir Selatan Regency Indonesian
Sijunjung Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OECD Development Assistance Committee English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OECD Development Assistance Committee French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mons, Belgium
surface form: Mons
French
Baar, Switzerland German
Louny Czech
Jämtland County Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Neuenbürg German
Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
surface form: Vigan
Filipino
Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
surface form: Vigan
Ilocano
Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
surface form: Vigan
English
Bheemunipatnam Telugu