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
Jurbarkas Lithuanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kėdainiai District Municipality Lithuanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Federal Office for Agriculture German
Federal Office for Agriculture French
Federal Office for Agriculture Italian
Gardinovci Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mošorin Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Šajkaš Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
Srbobran municipality Serbian
Temerin municipality Serbian
Bečej municipality Serbian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Cuttack Sadar subdivision Odia via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Cuttack Sadar subdivision English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Taghkanic English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Salto, Argentina Spanish
Mutianyu village Standard Chinese
Pyeongchang Korean
Grombalia Arabic
Municipality of Leiden Dutch
municipal government of Delicias Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Municipality of Delicias Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Meoqui Spanish
Cuauhtémoc Municipality, Chihuahua Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Levoča Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Baliuag Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Baliuag English
Muizz al-Dawla Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Prague Region Czech language
surface form: Czech
Canton of Annecy-2 French
Santa Cruz La Laguna Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Benito, Petén Spanish
Sayaxché Spanish
Borne Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Losser Dutch
Tubbergen Dutch
Hellendoorn Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rijssen-Holten Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rosemère French
Bois-des-Filion French
Saint-Eustache French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Diass French
Ndiass French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
City of Baxter, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sergiyevo-Posadsky District Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
surface form: Ingersoll, Ontario
English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Gmina Ciechocinek Polish
General Mamerto Natividad Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Mamerto Natividad English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lupao Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lupao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"