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
EACJ
surface form: East African Court of Justice
English
former Natal Colony
surface form: Natal Colony
English
municipality of Kilchberg
surface form: Kilchberg (Zürich)
German
Herington, Kansas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Fe
surface form: Santa Fe (Isla de la Juventud)
Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Basukuma Swahili language via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Basukuma English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Schaafheim German
Enghien-les-Bains French
Asturias Spanish
Asturias no via predicate surface "hasCoOfficialLanguageStatus"
Grand Duchy of Posen German
Wanzhou District Standard Chinese
Mikhaylovsky Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rivne Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
surface form: Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Zone
surface form: International Zone of Tangier
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Zone
surface form: International Zone of Tangier
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Zone
surface form: International Zone of Tangier
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Zone
surface form: International Zone of Tangier
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Town hall of Saint-Omer French via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
ELKB German
Congress Kingdom Polish
Congress Kingdom Russian
County Donegal English
County Donegal Irish
Vihti Finnish
Kiryat Tiv'on Hebrew
Papenburg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Idukki district Malayalam via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gandia Spanish
Gandia Catalan
surface form: Valencian
Rouge Park English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rouge Park French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Porto District Portuguese
Phùng Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phùng township Vietnamese
township of Phùng Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bloomfield, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flandes Spanish
Miyazaki Prefecture Japanese
Maasdijk Dutch
Sommelsdijk Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leonberg German
Tyumen Russian
Sanandaj Persian
Weinan Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yunyang District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herefordshire Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villanueva de Sigena Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"