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
Ngũ Hiệp commune Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanzania and Burundi Swahili language via predicate surface "haveOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Tanzania and Burundi French via predicate surface "haveOfficialLanguage"
Port of Bordeaux French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nord-du-Québec French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Free City of Bremen German
Village of Point Edward English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St. Clair Township English
Carolina barrio-pueblo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carolina barrio-pueblo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Luodian Town Standard Chinese via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Tababela Spanish
Bindura English
Pastaza Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mera Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Esplugues de Llobregat Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Esplugues de Llobregat Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gamgok-myeon Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gustavo A. Madero borough government Spanish
government of the Kingdom of Württemberg German
Mombasa County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mombasa County Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности русский язык
Lublin airfield camp administration German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Grand Turk District English
Warangal Telugu
Vacallo Italian
Vacallo Italian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Rovenna Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stimianico Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Liechtenstein German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Raeren German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Duodao District Standard Chinese
Cau Kho Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colony of Georgia English
Bacoor Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Bacoor English
Adršpach Czech
Singhwara Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Singhwara Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Majlis an-Nuwwāb Arabic
Abdullah Khan II Persian language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Persian
Longjumeau French
Taverny French
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Herblay-sur-Seine French
Persan French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Domont French
Fosses French
Viarmes French