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
Games of the XI Olympiad German
Games of the XI Olympiad French
Games of the XI Olympiad English
Ghent Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colonia Maza Spanish
High Authority of the ECSC French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
High Authority of the ECSC German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
High Authority of the ECSC Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
High Authority of the ECSC Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
High Authority of the ECSC other languages of member states via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sultan Kudarat Filipino
Sultan Kudarat English
Monetary Authority of Singapore English
Seal of the State of Florida English
Westerkwartier Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
StarMetro public transit system
surface form: StarMetro
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Peru Spanish
Lima Province Spanish
Eko Atlantic (reclaimed land project)
surface form: Eko Atlantic
English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Flag of Nigeria English via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Panamá Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kakinada Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Toa Baja Spanish
Toa Baja English
Prince-Archbishopric of Trier Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dolce & Gabbana Italian
Deportivo de La Coruña Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Deportivo de La Coruña Galician language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Galician
French overseas territories French via predicate surface "haveOfficialLanguage"
Guizhou Province Standard Chinese
Emilia-Romagna Italian
St. John’s English
Sabah Malay
Sikar Hindi
Burbank, California English
Grand Duchy of Berg German
Sélestat French
Loíza Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Loíza English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cayman Brac English
Majuro Marshallese language
surface form: Marshallese
Majuro English
Norilsk camps Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Wilno Voivodeship Polish
Rivers State English
Satara Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Espoo, Finland
surface form: Espoo
Finnish
Espoo, Finland
surface form: Espoo
Finland Swedish
surface form: Swedish
Central District Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"