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
Vējava Parish Latvian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Committee Jhang Urdu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Municipal Committee Jhang Punjabi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors District 5 English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
OACPS English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OACPS French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OACPS Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OACPS Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OACPS Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Committee of Ambassadors English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Committee of Ambassadors French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Committee of Ambassadors Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Committee of Ambassadors Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Committee of Ambassadors Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Committee of Ambassadors other languages of OACPS member states via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2005 Polish parliamentary election Polish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Meloni Cabinet Italian via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Lemgo, Germany
surface form: Lemgo
German
Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dominion of New Zealand English
Rathdrum English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fernan Lake Village English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Worley
surface form: Worley, Idaho
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Biñan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Biñan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Isabela Province Filipino
Isabela Province English
Arviat Inuktitut NERFINISHED
Arviat English
Coral Harbour Inuktitut NERFINISHED
Coral Harbour English
Naujaat Inuktitut NERFINISHED
Naujaat English
Kivalliq Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kivalliq English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Keewatin Region Inuktitut NERFINISHED
Keewatin Region English
Bishopric of Michoacán Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency) English
Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej język polski
Thanesar Hindi
Pehowa Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phong Điền
surface form: Phong Điền district
Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Neustift im Stubaital German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuautla Municipality Spanish
Dupnitsa Bulgarian NERFINISHED
Autonomous community of Valencia Spanish
Autonomous community of Valencia Valencian NERFINISHED
Zakynthos regional unit Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anafonitria Greek