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
Văn Lâm District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jaipur district Hindi
Jaipur district Rajasthani
town of Amer
surface form: Amer
Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
National Guard (Mexico) Spanish
Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera español
Municipality of Vieques Spanish
Municipality of Vieques English
Afghanistan National Olympic Committee Dari
Afghanistan National Olympic Committee Pashto
Red Rock, Ontario English
Miaohang Town Chinese
Shuangcheng Road Subdistrict Standard Chinese
Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pyrénées-Orientales department
surface form: Pyrénées-Orientales
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villa San Giovanni Italian
Office of the Attorney General of Colombia Spanish
Ministry of Justice and Law of Colombia Spanish
Office of the Inspector General of Colombia Spanish
National Registry of Civil Status of Colombia Spanish
Pasca Spanish
Zenú Indigenous Reserve of San Andrés de Sotavento Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leova District Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Cahul District Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Leova Romanian
Opovo municipality Serbian
Hörby Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buchholz in der Nordheide German
Cinisi Italian
Palazzo d'Orléans, Palermo Italian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Quebec
surface form: Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ditsobotla Local Municipality Setswana via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ditsobotla Local Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dobrich Bulgarian
Covasna County Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Teleorman County Romanian
Făgăraș Romanian language
surface form: Romanian
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province Spanish
Siaya District English
Siaya District Swahili
Saarbrücken German
1952 Winter Olympics Norwegian
1952 Winter Olympics French
1952 Winter Olympics English
1996 IIHF World Championship English
1996 IIHF World Championship French
Cooks Ferry Indian Band English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bishopric of Altena Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Detmold German
Balchik Bulgarian