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
Ocoyoacac (town)
surface form: Ocoyoacac
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tianguistenco Spanish
Locality of Zehlendorf
surface form: Zehlendorf
German
Timmins, Ontario, Canada
surface form: Timmins, Ontario
English
Timmins, Ontario, Canada
surface form: Timmins, Ontario
French
Wädenswil German
Western Group of the Azores Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sveio Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Vila Nova de Foz Côa Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kloten German
Tysnes Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kars Province Turkish
Kaufering German
South Solok Regency Indonesian
Santiago Tuxtla Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Petržalka housing estate Slovak via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Andermatt German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
San Francisco, Petén Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ringgenberg German
Wassen German NERFINISHED
Hasilpur Urdu NERFINISHED
Monarchy of Malta Maltese
Monarchy of Malta English
Mosonszentmiklós Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tyrone Township, Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
17th Circuit Court of Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
arrondissement of Montpellier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montgiscard French NERFINISHED
France (by the Strait of Dover)
surface form: France
French
SYMCA English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sabugal Portuguese
Honggu District Standard Chinese
Slobodskoy Russian
Amata Industrial Park Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Arth German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Risch German
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia German
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia Latin
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia Polish
Samois-sur-Seine, France
surface form: Samois-sur-Seine
French
Hoornaar Dutch
Wijngaarden Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Main-Taunus-Kreis German
Vác Hungarian NERFINISHED
Pathankot district Punjabi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Porto Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barneveld Dutch
Allied occupation of Ethiopia English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Allied occupation of Ethiopia Amharic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Ate-Vitarte Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"