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
Santo Domingo Province Spanish
Santo Domingo Este Spanish
Atinggola District Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Province, New Caledonia French
Riverside Heights English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riverside Heights French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Glenmore English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Glenmore French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sédhiou French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Moengo Dutch via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Šumadija and Western Serbia statistical region Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bilibil language Papua New Guinea multilingual setting via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Westhavelland German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Uman Island English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Veeningen Dutch
Tajumulco municipality Spanish
Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines
surface form: Kibawe
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines
surface form: Kibawe
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
arrondissement of Forcalquier French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Fidenza Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oliva Spanish
Oliva Valencian NERFINISHED
Amravati division Marathi NERFINISHED
Amravati Municipal Corporation Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Amravati Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Roraima state
surface form: Roraima
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Maluku Regency Indonesian
Yorii Japanese
Bishop of Dunkeld Latin via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Bishop of Dunkeld Scots via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Beaconsfield Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pataz Province Spanish
Wipfeld German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium
surface form: Braine-l’Alleud
French
Coslada Spanish
Vollore-Ville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Urgell Catalan NERFINISHED
Lordship of Pembroke Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Lordship of Pembroke Anglo-Norman French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Kansk Russian NERFINISHED
Alata French NERFINISHED
Appietto French
Sarrola-Carcopino French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Formazza Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malesco Italian
Trefdraeth Welsh language used for place name via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageStatus"
Wakefield manor Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Wakefield manor Middle English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Landgraaf Dutch
Simpelveld Dutch