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
Whale Cove English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palacio de Gobierno de Chihuahua Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Cayo Luis Peña Natural Reserve Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAuthority"
Berdychiv Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
City of Zug German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French colonial Louisiana French
GEICO 500 English
Valencians Valencian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRegion" NERFINISHED
Hawaiian Homes Commission English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
DTC
surface form: Dubai Taxi Corporation
Arabic
DTC
surface form: Dubai Taxi Corporation
English
Asian Super Cup English
Asian Super Cup Arabic
Asian Super Cup French
Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße German
Region C English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Region C isiZulu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Region C Sesotho via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Corrientes Province Spanish
Lesja Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Etnedal Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gran Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm" NERFINISHED
Nord-Fron Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ringebu Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Lom Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Skjåk Nynorsk via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Sel Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vang Norwegian
Vinstra Norwegian NERFINISHED
Lier Bokmål NERFINISHED
Os (Innlandet) Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Izabal Department Spanish
Ards and North Down district English
Bad Wurzach German
Rousínov Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lampung Utara Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Way Kanan Regency Indonesian
HMAS Penguin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lod Municipality Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut Hebrew
Decian edict on universal sacrifice Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Central Office of Information English
Republican government in Iraq Arabic
Republican government in Iraq Kurdish
Emirate of Transjordan Arabic
Murphysboro, Illinois, United States
surface form: Murphysboro, Illinois
English
San Severo Italian
Treffurt German
Montana French
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council English