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
Lundie English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Filisur German
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Ulster Scots via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Beecher Bay 32 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Balley Keeill Eoin Manx Gaelic toponymy via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
China Post Chinese
Frosta Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Innherad Norwegian Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Innherad Norwegian Nynorsk via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Cogne Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cogne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elkhorn, Wisconsin English
Middle sheading English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malagasy people Malagasy language via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Kristinehamn Swedish
Na h-Eileanan an Iar English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western Isles Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western Isles Council Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Council Offices, Sandwick Road, Stornoway English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Council Offices, Sandwick Road, Stornoway Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
United States Presidents Cup team English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roger Federer Foundation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roger Federer Foundation German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roger Federer Foundation French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ukrainian Association of Football Ukrainian
Carignano Italian
Bank of Zambia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iligan City Government Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iligan City Government English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
BARMM
surface form: Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Filipino
BARMM
surface form: Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
English
BARMM
surface form: Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Arabic
BARMM
surface form: Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Bangsamoro languages NERFINISHED
Government of Punjab, Pakistan Urdu NERFINISHED
Carloforte Italian
City of Dartmouth English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gland town
surface form: Gland
French
Gland municipality French
Gilly French
Crow Nation Crow language NERFINISHED
Arrondissement of Mechelen Dutch
Grand Colombier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Petit Colombier French
Enkirch German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ajka Hungarian NERFINISHED
Holzwickede German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Digos Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"