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
Nordfriesland German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tegucigalpa–Comayagüela Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Executive branch of Honduras Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Åland Swedish
Bokon Island Marshallese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bokon Island English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Weno Island English
Bislig City Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bislig City English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Écully French
Rieste German
La Belle, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Molemole Local Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Molemole Local Municipality Sepedi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vágur Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St. Albert English
Neemuch district Hindi
Nizhneilimsky District Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Guará Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Woolwich, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Calvià
surface form: Calvià
Spanish
municipality of Calvià
surface form: Calvià
Catalan NERFINISHED
Lygourio Greek
Ermionida municipality Greek
Calgary Airport Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Calgary Airport Authority French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hermaringen German
Russia national beach soccer team Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prince County English
Province of Belluno Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dolomite Ladin area Ladin language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dolomite valleys Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dolomite valleys German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sineu Catalan NERFINISHED
Sineu Spanish
Ariany Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ariany Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
municipal council of Petra Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
municipal council of Petra Catalan via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Balasore district of Odisha
surface form: Balasore district
Odia
Ganjam district of Odisha
surface form: Ganjam district
Odia
Avvocatura Generale dello Stato Italian
Koné French
Whippingham Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ako City Government Japanese
Bardhaman Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lianjiang County Standard Chinese
Puyallup Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pueblo Nuevo
surface form: Pueblo Nuevo (Cueto)
Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Parti Québécois French