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
modern Plataies, Greece
surface form: Modern Plataies
Greek
Vukovar Croatian
Požega-Slavonia County Croatian
Northern Division, Fiji English
Northern Division, Fiji Fijian
Northern Division, Fiji Fiji Hindi NERFINISHED
Sragen Regency Indonesian
Kolomna Urban Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karo Regency Indonesian language
Deli Serdang Regency Indonesian
Government of the Republic of Vietnam Vietnamese
Thessalon English
Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of New Zealand in Washington, D.C. English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paide Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Archives of Finland Finnish
National Archives of Finland Swedish
Conscription Law of 1901 Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAuthority"
Russian gendarmerie in Finland Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Moosonee English
Smooth Rock Falls English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Smooth Rock Falls French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regensdorf German NERFINISHED
Picunches Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kilis Turkish
Minden Hills English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dysart et al English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Highlands East English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tapolca Hungarian
Zirc Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Berhida Hungarian
Badacsonytomaj Hungarian
Pápa District Hungarian
Tapolca District Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male English
Satu Mare County Romanian
Radłów Polish
Ryglice Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bareilly district Hindi
Izatnagar Hindi
Bornholm Municipality Danish
Mahlberg German
Cat Lake First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cat Lake First Nation Ojibwe language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Slate Falls Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Espanola English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Espanola French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St.-Charles English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St.-Charles French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"