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
commune of Groslay
surface form: Groslay
French
commune of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
surface form: Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
commune of Le Thillay
surface form: Le Thillay
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
commune of Vaudherland
surface form: Vaudherland
French
commune of Montsoult
surface form: Montsoult
French
commune of Baillet-en-France
surface form: Baillet-en-France
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
commune of Saint-Prix
surface form: Saint-Prix
French
commune of Piscop
surface form: Piscop
French
commune of Bouffémont
surface form: Bouffémont
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
commune of Montlignon
surface form: Montlignon
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
commune of La Frette-sur-Seine
surface form: La Frette-sur-Seine
French
Elephant Butte, New Mexico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castiglione d’Intelvi Italian
Blessagno Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laino Italian
Pellio Intelvi Italian
Ramponio Verna Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dizzasco Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Claino con Osteno Italian
Reichenbach im Kandertal German
Pfäfers German
Fläsch German
Unterstrass German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CAA
surface form: Consumer Affairs Agency (Japan)
Japanese
Hokkaido Prefectural Government Japanese
Landstinget Danish
Sermersooq municipality Greenlandic
Sermersooq municipality Danish
Avannaata (partly)
surface form: Avannaata
Kalaallisut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Greenlandic
Avannaata (partly)
surface form: Avannaata
Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Utila Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trung Kỳ Vietnamese
Gloppen Municipality Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Nondalton, Alaska English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Emirate of Fujairah Arabic
Pematangsiantar Indonesian
Lobamba English
Lobamba Swazi
Nyarugenge District Kinyarwanda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nyarugenge District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nyarugenge District French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nyarugenge District Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swahili
Soviet Militsiya Russian
Parliament of Greenland Kalaallisut
surface form: Greenlandic
Parliament of Greenland Danish
Fieschertal German
Lauzerte French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rural Municipality of Lakeshore English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nordland county
surface form: Nordland
Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Portuguese presidential election, 1980 Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"