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
Mrzenci Macedonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Evzonoi (Greece)
surface form: Evzonoi
Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French colonial authorities in Cochinchina French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
French colonial authorities in Cochinchina Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Bohinj Slovene
Virginia Board of Elections English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rahaita Tigrinya via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ONNED1
Rahaita Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ONNED1
Rahaita English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beilul Tigrinya via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ONNED1
Beilul Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beilul English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Forestry and Land Scotland English
Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Southwest Region of Cameroon English
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac French
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines French
Ask Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hole Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" ONNED1
Jevnaker Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Krødsherad Norwegian
Modum Norwegian
Flå Norwegian ONNED1
Ogre Latvian
Stanley constituency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Camp constituency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marka district Arabic
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Bosnian
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Croatian
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Serbian
University of Mostar Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tomé Spanish
Beloeil French
Beecher Bay 18 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South West State Somali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South West State Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
שירות הביטחון הכללי עברית via predicate surface "שפה_רשמית"
Goedereede Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heinersdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oliveira do Hospital Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kochergasse German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pound Ridge Town House English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Acadian regions of Nova Scotia French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pauri Garhwal district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tehri Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tehri Garhwali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Joshimath Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Margraviate of Bayreuth German
Arlington
surface form: Arlington, Texas
English