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
Bathurst French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jiangjin District Chinese
Qianjiang District Standard Chinese
Belevsky Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Elets Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sankt Vith canton German
Yangxin County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Masset English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alcantarilha e Pêra Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anklam German
All-Palestine Government Arabic
Alcázar of the Umayyads Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
municipality of Saint-Gilles
surface form: Saint-Gilles
French
municipality of Saint-Gilles
surface form: Saint-Gilles
Dutch
municipality of Uccle
surface form: Uccle
French
municipality of Uccle
surface form: Uccle
Dutch
municipality of Forest French
municipality of Forest Dutch
Bonnechere Valley, Ontario English
Herzberg am Harz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lê Thanh Commune Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mỹ Thành Commune Vietnamese
Landkreis Sigmaringen German
Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bayog Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bayog English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kandern German
Palermo
surface form: Palermo (Huila)
Spanish
Risaralda Department Spanish
San Cristóbal de las Casas Spanish
Puntallana Spanish
Province of Copiapó Spanish
Xinxiang Standard Chinese
Gallarate Italian
Peschiera Borromeo Italian
Friedland Russian via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wetstraat Dutch
Wetstraat French
Montmorency French
Liteyny Municipal Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Evry-Courcouronnes
surface form: Évry-Courcouronnes
French
Pacajus Portuguese
Speyer German
Flemish Region Dutch
Muttenz German
Küsnacht, Zürich, Switzerland German
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russian
Popayán Spanish
Millak-dong Korean