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
Assineau, Alberta English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bariloche Department Spanish
Alcaldía Local de Usaquén Spanish
San Leonardo de Yagüe Spanish
Kaluga Governorate (former)
surface form: Kaluga Governorate
Russian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French Mauritius French
Sør-Odal municipality
surface form: Sør-Odal
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Santa Isabel do Rio Negro Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Regional Council of Guadeloupe French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embrun French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embrun English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bahapur Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vejprnice Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alpedrete Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Béja Arabic
Ormea Italian
Garessio Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ceva Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alba Italian
Panguipulli Commune Spanish
ASME Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Presidente della Camera dei deputati Italian
San Agustín del Guadalix Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mouvaux French
Hluboká nad Vltavou Czech
Chief Executive of Manchukuo Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Chief Executive of Manchukuo Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Fushun War Criminals Management Centre Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Syrgenstein German
Ziertheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heilbronn (district) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herbrechtingen town hall German via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Bissingen ob Herbrechtingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hausen
surface form: Hausen (Herbrechtingen)
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mošnov, Czech Republic
surface form: Mošnov
Czech
Karavukovo, Serbia
surface form: Karavukovo
Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lefkada regional unit Greek
Satna Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Maihar Hindi
Satna tehsil Hindi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Quirino Province Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quirino Province English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tabasaran District Russian
Giessen district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Championship English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Saanen municipality
surface form: Saanen
German
Saanen German
Zweisimmen German
CCJ
surface form: Caribbean Court of Justice
English
Mashantucket, Connecticut English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"