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
Lavin German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Archdiocesan Catholic Center in Los Angeles English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Archdiocesan Catholic Center in Los Angeles Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Jogindernagar Hindi
Jogindernagar Sanskrit NERFINISHED
Nakama Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sabana Abajo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sabana Abajo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barrazas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barrazas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cangrejo Arriba Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cangrejo Arriba English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NOC BiH Bosnian
NOC BiH Croatian
NOC BiH Serbian
Swedish Estonia Swedish NERFINISHED
Swedish Estonia German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Berg, Bavaria German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wellington-de-l’Église French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Sud-Ouest borough French
LaSalle borough French
LaSalle borough English
Norddjurs Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UAI
surface form: Union Académique Internationale
French
UAI
surface form: Union Académique Internationale
English
International Union of Academies French
International Union of Academies English
Broxtowe English
North Cornwall District Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Heiningen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kalahandi district Odia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yartsevo Russian
Jalapa Department Spanish
Gerzensee German NERFINISHED
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Table Bluff Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Avenches French
Môtier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Faoug French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Langlade French
Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie d’Ajaccio et de la Corse-du-Sud French
Damour Arabic
Český Krumlov Czech
Santa Juana Spanish
Barreiro Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Devecser Hungarian
Ilijaš Bosnian
Ilijaš Croatian
Ilijaš Serbian
Stari Grad Sarajevo Bosnian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"