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
Danish Denmark via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
Danish European Union via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
Danish Nordic Council via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
National Guard of Russia Russian
First Baldwin National Government English via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
County of Blois Old French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Waldshut-Tiengen German
Village of Allegany, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Legislative Council of Saint Helena English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
town of Pegnitz
surface form: Pegnitz
German NERFINISHED
Döşemealtı Turkish
Hastings District Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mouans-Sartoux French
Döbeln German
Churcampa Province Spanish
Amacuzac Municipality Spanish
Barangay Sagad Filipino
Barangay Sagad English
Neuenegg German
European Union Satellite Centre English
European Union Satellite Centre French
European Union Satellite Centre Spanish
provincial municipality of Oyón
surface form: Provincial Municipality of Oyón
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Seyssins French
Egyptian administration of Sinai Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Savigny-sur-Orge French
Tarnopol Voivodeship Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Paterna Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paterna Valencian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Huaytará Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Keuea English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Keuea Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
I-485/South Boulevard station English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tepalcingo Municipality Spanish
Regierungsbezirk Chemnitz German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Jablonec nad Nisou Czech
Pölbitz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guntakal railway division English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Guntakal railway division Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Guntakal railway division Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hamidian Era Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Jimo Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Anqiu Chinese
Linqu Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lanshan District, Rizhao Chinese
Guangrao County Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boxing County Chinese
Zhaoyuan City, Yantai Standard Chinese
Sursee German
municipality of Eemsdelta
surface form: Eemsdelta
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"