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
Gmina Bliżyn Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Łączna Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flag of Arizona English
Flemish Minister for Public Governance Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Royal Court of Bahrain Arabic
Ratlam Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
As-Samu Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beit Awwa Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kharas Arabic
Deir Sammit Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ilava Slovak language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Heltau (Cisnădie)
surface form: Heltau
Romanian via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Bony, Aisne, France
surface form: Bony
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ARA
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French
Guadalupe y Calvo Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sint-Joris Dutch
Takachiho Town government Japanese
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Liga de las Américas Spanish
Liga de las Américas Portuguese
Liga de las Américas English
Arthur English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vormsi Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Coton Sport FC de Garoua French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Coton Sport FC de Garoua English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mandailing Natal Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schreiber English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Machin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dubreuilville English
Dubreuilville French
Municipality of Seguin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magura District Bengali NERFINISHED
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup French
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup English
World Rallycross Championship English
Gmina Chrzanów Polish
Vysoké Tatry (town)
surface form: Vysoké Tatry
Slovak
Gmina Rytro Polish
Municipality of Cajeme Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plagiari Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sørvágur Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sørvágur Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gangwon Province Korean
Blouberg Local Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Blouberg Local Municipality Sepedi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Blouberg Local Municipality Xitsonga via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Blouberg Local Municipality Tshivenda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"