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
Millingen aan de Rijn Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ooij Dutch
Breedeweg Dutch
Groesbeek municipality Dutch
Ubbergen municipality
surface form: Ubbergen
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heumen (village) Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Innlandet county Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Østre Toten Bokmål via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian Bokmål
Vestre Toten Norwegian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian
Gjøvik Town Hall Norwegian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Baden, Switzerland German
Dniprodzerzhynsk Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ras Al Khaimah City Arabic
Muthanna Governorate Arabic
commune of Colombier-Saugnieu
surface form: Colombier-Saugnieu
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
city of Coatzacoalcos
surface form: Coatzacoalcos
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nasr II Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nasr II Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Padang Sidempuan Indonesian
Angus Council English
Stadt Nürnberg German
Sainte-Thérèse French
Maldonado Spanish
El Hajeb Arabic
El Hajeb Amazigh
Flag of the President of Guatemala Spanish
San Pedro La Laguna Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Catarina Palopó Spanish
Zhundong coalfield Chinese via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfOfficialDocuments"
Messinesi Italian via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Port of Messina Italian via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Elector of Frankfurt Latin via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Elector of Frankfurt German via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Czech
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Slovak
Shellharbour City Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Panasonic Avionics Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moratalaz district of Madrid
surface form: Moratalaz
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Otjozondjupa Region English
Windhoek West Constituency English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
GB Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Scottish Women's Premier League English
Baranavichy Belarusian language
surface form: Belarusian
Baranavichy Russian
Navahrudak Belarusian
Navahrudak Russian
Orenburg Oblast Russian
Santiago de Chuco Spanish
Chianciano Terme Italian