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
Nagarkurnool district Telugu
Trebsen German
Hubei Provincial Department of Commerce Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Landtag of Saarland German
Colonial government of Trinidad and Tobago English
Oranjestad Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Silverthorn English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Humewood–Cedarvale English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of York English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bureau of Accountancy English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bureau of Asset Management English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Algeciras Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Cachar Hills Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Merced Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barisal Division Bengali
Piedecuesta Spanish
Vauvenargues French
Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shanghai Municipal Commerce Commission Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission Chinese
Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission Mandarin Chinese
Quezon Filipino
Quezon English
Marinduque Filipino
Marinduque English
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Filipino
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority English
Office for Refugees and Immigrants (Massachusetts) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United States District Court for the District of Maine English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2000 IIHF Women's World Championship English
Rheinbund German
Rheinbund French
Departamento de Casanare Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of General Escobedo Spanish
Pardubice Region Czech
Papendrecht Dutch
Teutonic Order state Latin
Teutonic Order state Middle Low German
South African general election, 1999 South Africa’s 11 official languages via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
UEFA Women's Futsal Euro English
UEFA Women's Futsal Euro French
UEFA Women's Futsal Euro German
UEFA Women's Futsal Euro Russian
Sauda Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Terrassa Catalan
Terrassa Spanish
Alta
surface form: Alta, Utah
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Henryville, Quebec, Canada French
Terhulpen French
Lasne French