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
Vạn Kim Commune Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vila Real Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Placentia English
Idstein German
Georgia-Imeretia Governorate Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ernakulam district Malayalam
Benidorm Spanish
Limburg an der Lahn German
Hofheim am Taunus German
Tarija Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bahawalpur Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Aq Qoyunlu Persian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense Korean
Al Uwayqilah Arabic
Domrémy French
Russian Academy of Sciences Russian
Kenderes Hungarian language
surface form: Hungarian
district of Dachau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm German
Avellino Italian
Viljandi Estonian
Vimy, France French
Al Hoceima Arabic
Al Hoceima Amazigh
Zhuhai Special Economic Zone Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Vila Real de Santo António Portuguese
Azinhal Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Odeleite Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Văn Giang District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People's Committee of Gia Lâm District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bécancour, Quebec French
StratCom
surface form: United States Strategic Command
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port Stanley English
Xiaochang County Standard Chinese
Dawadmi Governorate Arabic
Al-Ghat Governorate Arabic
Quai de Gesvres French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herrsching am Ammersee German
Schondorf am Ammersee German
Province of Cremona Italian
Oude Wetering Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tyumen Oblast Russian
Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality Zulu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Fauvillers French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parco Archeologico di Pompei Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ischia di Castro Italian
XV Commonwealth Games English
XV Commonwealth Games French
Lords Proprietors English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"