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
Flensburg German
Municipality of Belém Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pontinha Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
North-South Centre of the Council of Europe English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North-South Centre of the Council of Europe French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity English
European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity French
Partido de la Revolución Democrática Spanish
Ivry-la-Bataille French
Montceaux-lès-Meaux French
Municipality of Thermi Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Volvi Greek
Internal Security Agency of Poland Polish
Diocesan Office, Belfast English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Terrebonne, Quebec French
Porto Real, Brazil
surface form: Porto Real
Portuguese
Bernlohe German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Calasetta Italian
Bottmingen German
Wasauksing English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parry Island, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Muribenua English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Muribenua Gilbertese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tabomatang English
Tabomatang Gilbertese NERFINISHED
Hirzel, Switzerland German
Government of Somaliland Somali NERFINISHED
Government of Somaliland Arabic
Vilnius Historic Centre Lithuanian
Yukon goldfields English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Smer-SD
surface form: Smer – sociálna demokracia
Slovak
Freedom and Solidarity Slovak
Court of Auditors of Portugal Portuguese
EFTA Surveillance Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Congo-Léopoldville French
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eisenstadt an der Weinstraße German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arrondissement of Issoire French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Sriperumbudur taluk Tamil NERFINISHED
Belleville-sur-Loire French
Moreton-in-Marsh Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Glan Filipino NERFINISHED
Glan English
Ak-Chin Indian Community (part)
surface form: Ak-Chin Indian Community
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Town of Ajax English
Township of Brock English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Everly, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chamwino State House, Dodoma Swahili via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse" NERFINISHED
Chamwino State House, Dodoma English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Kansas Supreme Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"