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
Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen Deutsch
Guangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guangzhou Municipal Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chessy, France French
Oregon Department of Justice English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kent County
surface form: Kent County, Delaware
English
Saint-Omer French
Hubersdorf German
Saverne French
Mpanda District Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Mpanda District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reynosa Spanish
Port Hardy English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
RFEF Spanish
3. Liga German
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
surface form: Rosario
Spanish
Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany German
Vals German
Sumvitg Romansh language
surface form: Romansh
Sumvitg German
Bishopric of Erkelenz Latin
Serampore Bengali
Serampore English
Kanchrapara Bengali
San Miguel de Tucumán Spanish
Barrancabermeja Spanish
Ubaté Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montella, Italy
surface form: Montella
Italian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Italian
Qeshm (city) Persian
Gangseo-gu Office Korean via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
El Marqués Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Corregidora Spanish
Valverde Spanish
Ferro
surface form: El Hierro
Spanish
Governor-General of Lithuania Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Letterkenny, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Juazeiro do Norte Portuguese
Rawalpindi Cantonment Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Manresa Catalan
Manresa Spanish
Drongen Dutch
Guangzhou Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guangzhou Municipal Commerce Bureau Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guangzhou Municipal Commerce Bureau Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Archdeaconry of Bristol English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
České Budějovice Czech
Patriarchate of Jerusalem Greek via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Patriarchate of Jerusalem Arabic via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Moscow Governorate Russian
Mae Sot District Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"