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
Dawson County, Georgia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Država Slovencev, Hrvatov i Srba Slovene
Država Slovencev, Hrvatov i Srba Croatian
Država Slovencev, Hrvatov i Srba Serbian
Thamerdal Dutch
Legmeer Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jehanabad Hindi
Auerbach (Vogtland) German
Bad Brambach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Adorf (Vogtland) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palwal district Hindi
Velenje Slovene
Khamis Mushait Arabic
Guangshui Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hwaseong Korean
Siirt Turkish
Bernau bei Berlin German
Wandlitz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panketal German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Britz-Chorin-Oderberg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Märkisch-Oderland (district)
surface form: Märkisch-Oderland
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Dominica English
Limeira Portuguese
Vadsøya Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paihuano Commune Spanish
Ferozepur district Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
2013 World Championships in Athletics English
2013 World Championships in Athletics Russian
2015 World Championships in Athletics English
2015 World Championships in Athletics French
2015 World Championships in Athletics Chinese
Europe of Democracies and Diversities English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Europe of Democracies and Diversities French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Europe of Democracies and Diversities other EU languages via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue Belliard / Belliardstraat French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue Belliard / Belliardstraat Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue du Trône / Troonstraat French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue du Trône / Troonstraat Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue du Commerce / Handelsstraat French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Rue du Commerce / Handelsstraat Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Rue de Pascale / Pascalestraat French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue de Pascale / Pascalestraat Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue de Toulouse / Toulousestraat French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue de Toulouse / Toulousestraat Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue de Spa / Spaansestraat French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue de Spa / Spaansestraat Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Muḥāfaẓat Dimashq Arabic
Vienenburg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bečej, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NCT of Delhi Hindi