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
Pozuzo Spanish
Mayorga Spanish
Soviet Military Administration in Germany Russian
Soviet Military Administration in Germany German
Antalya City Hall Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Quinault Indian Nation English
Count of Nassau-Weilburg German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dolní Dunajovice Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boissy-Saint-Léger French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ivanovo Oblast Russian
Urbancrest, Ohio English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Llanuwchllyn Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arandis English
Kirkee, British India English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kvam Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C. English
Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C. Irish
Saransk Russian
Saransk Moksha
Saransk Erzya language
surface form: Erzya
Alatyr Russian
Ameland Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fraser Coast Regional Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanah Datar Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas English
Supreme Court of Justice of Buenos Aires Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quilmes Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Martín Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chuy Region Kyrgyz via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chuy Region Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naryn Region Kyrgyz via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naryn Region Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tup Kyrgyz via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tup Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dayton
surface form: Dayton, Minnesota
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gressoney-La-Trinité Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gressoney-La-Trinité French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sonoyta Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Soufrière Quarter English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy
surface form: Torre Annunziata
Italian
Vigarano Mainarda Italian
Kingiseppsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wangdue Phodrang District Dzongkha NERFINISHED
Filiates Greek
Asamblea Legislativa Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Telemark county (re-established) Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
San Cristóbal Canton Spanish
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bogorodica Macedonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moin Macedonian ONNED1