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
Fort Geldria Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Fort Vijf Sinnen Dutch via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Imam Sahib District Dari via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Imam Sahib District Pashto language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Pashto
Naga
surface form: Naga, Cebu
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naga
surface form: Naga, Cebu
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Isny im Allgäu German
Judiciary of New Jersey English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division English
La Seu d’Urgell Catalan
La Seu d’Urgell Spanish
Consell General Catalan
Parish of La Massana Catalan
Massawa Tigrinya
Massawa Arabic
Massawa English
Ghindae Tigrinya via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ghindae Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
She'eb Tigrinya via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
She'eb Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
She'eb English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southern Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dahod district Gujarati
Dahod district Hindi
Estyn English
Estyn Welsh
Pichinglis Equatoguinean Spanish via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
surface form: Equatorial Guinea uses Spanish as official language
Wermelskirchen German
Saint Martin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint Martin Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Luis Talpa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gernsbach German
Isidro Fabela Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Río Lajas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rivas Department Spanish
Morón de la Frontera Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dargwa language none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageIn"
Magas Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magas Ingush via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rheden Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Renswoude Dutch
Otterlo Dutch
De Klomp Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montriond French
Toulouse Métropole French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Coyote Valley Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria English
Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Korba Arabic
Menzel Temime Arabic