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
California State Senate District 18 English (de facto) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Later Jin (Five Dynasties) Classical Chinese
Prince of Wales residence
surface form: Prince of Wales residence at Ludlow Castle
Middle English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Prince of Wales residence
surface form: Prince of Wales residence at Ludlow Castle
Early Modern English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dinteloord Dutch
British Mountaineering Council English
Nogent French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Livadeia Greek
Bibemi French
Bibemi English
Faro Department French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mayo-Louti Department French
Mayo-Louti Department English
Mingjian Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hualien County Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chivasso Italian
Kajaani Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Gentofte Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Monagas State Spanish
Mejía Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pazardzhik Province Bulgarian
Peelo Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pittelo Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Noordhoek Dutch
Eext Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anderen Dutch
Vledder Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wapserveen Dutch
Geeuwenbrug Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leggeloo Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lheebroek Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oldendiever Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Governor of Washington English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice"
Hindiyah Arabic
Mongolian Football Federation Mongolian NERFINISHED
Vietnamese mandarins Classical Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Comune di Noto italiano
Vodnjan Croatian
NASCAR Toyota Series Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Automobile Club d'Italia Italian
Salem City Municipal Corporation Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Salem North Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Schapen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Départements of Gênes, Montenotte, Apennins
surface form: Département de Gênes
French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Départements of Gênes, Montenotte, Apennins
surface form: Département de Montenotte
French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Départements of Gênes, Montenotte, Apennins
surface form: Département des Apennins
French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Culcheth and Glazebury Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burgberg German NERFINISHED
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais French