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
Municipality of Pachacámac Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Victoria Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Library of Peru Spanish
SWF Scottish Cup English
Municipality of Aracataca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia Spanish
Graz-Umgebung District German
Ms. Olympia English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Lower Canada French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laurier Avenue in Ottawa
surface form: Laurier Avenue
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laurier Avenue in Ottawa
surface form: Laurier Avenue
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quebec Liberal Party French
Harstad municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Xochitepec Municipality Spanish
Office of the Crown Prince of Jordan Arabic
Swiss Cup German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Swiss Cup French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Swiss Cup Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Swiss Cup Romansh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Newcastle
surface form: Newcastle, Clarington
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nobleton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spiez German
Hilterfingen German
Milne Bay Province English
Milne Bay Province Tok Pisin NERFINISHED
Milne Bay Province Hiri Motu NERFINISHED
Mont-Tremblant French
Mont-Laurier French
Rivière-Rouge French
Mont-Tremblant National Park French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prague 3 Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Gargnano Italian
Ganaur Hindi
Delhi Cantonment Hindi
Delhi Cantonment English
Príncipe Island Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santo António Portuguese
Municipality of Metsovo Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bal Harbour, Florida English
Rheinfelden (Aargau) German
Al Jahra Governorate Arabic
الجهراء اللغة العربية NERFINISHED
Château-Chinon (Ville) French
Audouville-la-Hubert French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beuzeville-au-Plain French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Enstone Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roman province of Achaea Latin
Couëron French
Komi-Permyak Okrug Russian
Beecher Bay 24 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"