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
Šlapanice Czech
Rosice Czech
Slavkov u Brna Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roman province of Pannonia Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council German
Ål Norwegian NERFINISHED
Gol Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sigdal Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Hurum Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm" NERFINISHED
Rollag Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Сквира українська мова via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bielsk Podlaski Polish
Takatsu-ku Japanese
Bédarieux French
Ixhuatlancillo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Vågå Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tonk district Hindi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ortsbezirk 4 Bornheim/Ostend German
Matang English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rotima English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rotima Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Teuabu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Abamakoro English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Abamakoro Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tabutoa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tabutoa Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of Fresno Department of Transportation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal government of Manaus Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Huancapon District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Berlusconi III Cabinet Italian via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Olenyoksky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Olenyoksky District Sakha via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bogo Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bogo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hillerød Town Hall Danish via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Langsua National Park Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipal authorities of Valenciennes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lordship of Oultrejordain Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Lailly-en-Val French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough
surface form: Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
French
Osh Region Kyrgyz via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Verchères French
Yerbas Buenas Spanish
Colbún Spanish
Longaví Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Osaka Prefectural Government Japanese
Government of Tuvalu Tuvaluan via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed" NERFINISHED
Government of Tuvalu English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed" NERFINISHED
Vaiaku, Funafuti Tuvaluan NERFINISHED