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
Divonne-les-Bains French
Échenevex French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Denis-en-Lyons, Normandy
surface form: Saint-Denis-en-Lyons
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manises Spanish
Manises Catalan
surface form: Valencian
Vyazemsky Russian
Prince of Pereyaslavl Old East Slavic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Deutschschweiz Standard German via predicate surface "officialWrittenLanguage"
Jura (German-speaking minority) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Jura (German-speaking minority) French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Buota English
Buota Gilbertese language
surface form: Gilbertese
Laâyoune Province Arabic
El Aaiún Arabic
Kondapur Telugu
Nampally Telugu
Nampally Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Nampally English
Nangan Island Mandarin Chinese
Silozi Zambia (regional or recognized language status) via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageIn"
Rufisque French
Frauenkirch German
Meilen German
Horgen German
Küsnacht German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stäfa German
Nampula Province Portuguese
Jette French
Jette Dutch
SETAF-AF English
Uppal Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Uppal Urdu language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Urdu
Qatar Olympic Committee Arabic
Qatar Olympic Committee English
City of Estacada English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Tsageri Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dukawa Dukawa language is a minority language in Nigeria via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Aksaray Turkish
Villiers-le-Bel French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brunei Investment Agency Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brunei Investment Agency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guangping County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Region of Lazio
surface form: Lazio
Italian
Diocese of Eisenstadt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Little Vienna
surface form: Ruse
Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rybnik Polish
Academy of American Poets English
OCW Dutch
provinces of the Netherlands
surface form: Provinces of the Netherlands
Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
municipality of Nissewaard
surface form: Nissewaard
Dutch