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
2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kedah Sultanate Malay
Bkejwanong English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bkejwanong Territory English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Akuapem people English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Dongxihu District Chinese
Herøy municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bergsøya (Herøy) Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Denis, Réunion French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Algonquin language NERFINISHED
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg English
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg French
Szerzyny Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shivwits Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Koosharem Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arani Province Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Cercado Province Spanish
Sacaba Spanish
Yuracaré Spanish via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Balkhausen German
Centre administratif de Pantin French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Bondy French
Gagny town hall French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Legislative Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Legislative Assembly Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boulogne, Vendée, France French
Mokpo Korean
Collins Chabane Local Municipality Xitsonga via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Collins Chabane Local Municipality Tshivenda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Collins Chabane Local Municipality Sepedi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dohar Upazila Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Frauenfeld German
UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 English
UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 Swedish
Druskininkai Lithuanian
Orta San Giulio Italian
Pella Italian
Pettnasco Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gozzano Italian
Nonio Italian
Cesara Italian
Duttweiler German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Campo Maior Portuguese
Minoh municipal government Japanese
Île de Groix French
Coppa Italia Primavera Italian
Exclusive Economic Zone of Peru Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialRegulation"
Chiclana de la Frontera Spanish
Reykjanesbær Icelandic