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
Towa language none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
British Resident system English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Gmina Morąg Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Government of Belo Horizonte Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Radefasu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Osimo Italian
Merelbeke Dutch
Jaen
surface form: Jaen, Nueva Ecija
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Jaen
surface form: Jaen, Nueva Ecija
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marrakesh-Safi Arabic
Marrakesh-Safi Amazigh NERFINISHED
Souk Ahras Arabic
Gusinje municipality Montenegrin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Plav municipality Montenegrin (state language) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Balzers German
Massey Medal English
Massey Medal French
Siddharthnagar Hindi
Chandauli Hindi
Eugendorf German
Impflingen German
Rayagada district Odia
Nova Mamoré Portuguese
Basman Palace Arabic via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Cachan French
Grenadines parish English
D'Alema II Cabinet Italian
Kosi Kalan Hindi
Etah district Hindi
Gütersloh German
Utsira Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Saint-Romain-en-Gal French
Uluka Karnataka via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
BCDC English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vice President of Venezuela Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Avar language Republic of Dagestan via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageIn" NERFINISHED
Oinousses Greek
Lesbos regional unit Greek language NERFINISHED
Samos regional unit Greek via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ikaria regional unit Greek
Lemnos regional unit Greek
Mirina Greek
Planken German
Gamprin German
Province of Aosta Italian
Province of Aosta French
NC-11 English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Cowlitz Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Åsnes municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bapaume French