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
German concession in Hankou Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bastia Umbra Italian
Figueira da Foz Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Bombarral Portuguese
Cantanhede Portuguese
Southern and Eastern Serbia region Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Mirqab district Arabic
Eschweiler German
Santa Cruz da Graciosa Portuguese
Yuzhong County Standard Chinese
Manyara Region Swahili
Manyara Region English
Taita-Taveta County English
Taita-Taveta County Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena Spanish
Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena Basque
Spanish Protectorate in Morocco Spanish
Spanish Protectorate in Morocco Arabic
Niujie Subdistrict Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Verkhoyansky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Verkhoyansky District Sakha via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stryn Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Freising German
Jessamine County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Faulkner County, Arkansas English
Earlsboro, Oklahoma, United States
surface form: Earlsboro, Oklahoma
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lodoselo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lodoselo Galician via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hennef (Sieg) German
government of Niue English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
government of Niue Niueans via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
surface form: Niuean
Yilan County Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Taipei City Government Mandarin Chinese
Mayor of New Taipei City Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan) Mandarin Chinese
Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) Mandarin Chinese
Ocean Affairs Council (Taiwan) Mandarin Chinese
Hakka Affairs Council (Taiwan)
surface form: Hakka Affairs Council
Mandarin Chinese
Murillo Province Spanish
Guadalupe County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Migennes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Champawat Hindi
Chur German
Chur Romansh language
surface form: Romansh
Chur Italian
Nawalpur District Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lanchkhuti Municipal Council Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Volda Nynorsk via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"
Zefyria Greek
municipality of Milos Greek