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
Seča Slovene via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Curanilahue Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Governor of Gujarat Gujarati via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice" NERFINISHED
Governor of Gujarat English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice"
Ponta do Sol Portuguese
Municipality of Pavlos Melas Greek
Squamish people Squamish Nation via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
Kursk Oblast Russian
Winnipeg metropolitan area English
Olosega County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Olosega County Samoan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hueyapan Municipality Spanish
Barangay Buting Filipino
Barangay Buting English
Barangay Caniogan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barangay Caniogan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Serbia and Montenegro Serbian NERFINISHED
Serbia and Montenegro Montenegrin
Anif municipal government German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hallein German
Oberalm German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Srikalahasti Telugu NERFINISHED
CCJ
surface form: Central American Court of Justice
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CACJ
surface form: Central American Court of Justice
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capital Governorate Arabic
western Quebec
surface form: Western Quebec
French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfProvince"
Amos, Quebec French
Sovereign Council of New France French
Fratres Scholarum Christianarum Latin
Municipality of Durrës Albanian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Deanery of Reigate English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Toronto Ward 11 University–Rosedale English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Toronto Ward 11 University–Rosedale French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
BAFTA Award nomination English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
L’Orignal, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
L’Orignal, Ontario French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Clarence-Rockland English
Clarence-Rockland French
Alfred and Plantagenet English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alfred and Plantagenet French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
East Hawkesbury English
East Hawkesbury French
Russell English
Russell French
The Nation Municipality English
The Nation Municipality French
Casselman English
Casselman French
St-Isidore French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wendover
surface form: Wendover, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"