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
Government of the British Virgin Islands English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Offaly County Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Offaly County Council Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Surquillo District Spanish
Hawaii's 2nd congressional district English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Norsborg Swedish NERFINISHED
Savitaipale Finnish
Parikkala Finnish
Neemuch Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Tainaste Arabic
Tainaste Tamazight NERFINISHED
Kløfta Norwegian
Borgen Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nordkisa Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Nes
surface form: Nes (Viken)
Bokmål via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
North Lombok Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maasmechelen Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lanaken Dutch
Pelt Dutch
Lummen Dutch
Bree Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kinrooi Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ham Dutch
Leopoldsburg Dutch
Hechtel-Eksel Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alken Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wellen Dutch
Gingelom Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heers Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kortessem Dutch
Halen Dutch
Zoutleeuw Dutch
Voeren Dutch
municipality of Vaals
surface form: Vaals
Dutch
Beek Dutch
CC BiH
surface form: Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CC BiH
surface form: Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CC BiH
surface form: Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipal government of Sakurai Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pearl Meister Greengard Prize English
Oman Football Association Arabic
Trinidad Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riberalta Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dalj Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Japan International Cooperation Agency Japanese
Japan International Cooperation Agency English
Narodna skupština Serbian NERFINISHED
Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) English
Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina Spanish