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
Shirvanshahs Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ministry of Culture of the USSR Russian
Dedoplistsqaro Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dedoplistsqaro District (historical) Georgian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hoechang-gun (Korean romanization)
surface form: Hoechang-gun
Korean
municipal government of San Juan y Martínez Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
أمانة العاصمة اللغة العربية via predicate surface "اللغة_الرسمية"
NBA
surface form: Niger Basin Authority
French
NBA
surface form: Niger Basin Authority
English
NBA
surface form: Niger Basin Authority
Arabic
mainland Poland Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hazmieh Arabic
OZD Dutch
Embassy of Panama in France Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Panama in France French via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Panama in France English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Guatemala in France Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Guatemala in France French via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Nicaragua in France Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Nicaragua in France French via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of the Dominican Republic in France Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of the Dominican Republic in France French via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Oberdorf (SO) German
Arch (BE) German
Leuzigen (BE) German
Longyearbyen Community Council Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mukō Japanese
North Central Timor Regency Indonesian
Manzanillo Spanish
Albayzín Spanish via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Placeta de San Miguel Bajo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arada district Amharic
Municipality of Caguas Spanish
Municipality of Caguas English
Municipal government of Cuiabá Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
commune of Vernier
surface form: Vernier
French
Ridgeway English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Archdeacon of Hastings English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Town of Innisfil English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alteveer Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Koekange Dutch
Talanga Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Guaimaca Spanish
Ojojona Spanish
Sabanagrande Spanish
San Buenaventura Spanish
Vallecillo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cedros Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tatumbla Spanish
La Venta Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"