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
Niederbühl German
Mau Hindi
Canton of Ghisonaccia French
Collectivity of Corsica French
Kitzbühel District German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kirchberg in Tirol German
Gmina Muszyna Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lipany Slovak
Krompachy Slovak
Catriel Spanish
Ñorquincó Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cinco Saltos Spanish
Adolfo Alsina Department Spanish
Londonderry Police Department English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
town of Grafton, New York
surface form: Grafton, New York
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canal Flats English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nouveau Parti démocratique French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nouveau Parti démocratique English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt, Kalady Malayalam via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tshopo Province French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phong Điền District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fuente Vaqueros Spanish
Flag of Łódź Voivodeship Polish
Kinuso, Alberta English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bank of Eritrea Tigrinya via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bank of Eritrea Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bank of Eritrea English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
English-speaking Wales English via predicate surface "publicAdministrationLanguageDominant"
Hasbaya District Arabic
Wallisellen German
Rüti ZH German
Kantonsrat Zürich German
Obergericht des Kantons Zürich German
Nobol Canton Spanish
Imperial Japanese Navy Kure Naval District Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pampang Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pampang English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chichaoua Province Arabic
Chichaoua Province Amazigh NERFINISHED
LAF
surface form: Lebanese Armed Forces
Arabic
Valmondois French
Mikołów County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gusu District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Jining Standard Chinese
Jangaon Telugu NERFINISHED
Azamgarh Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Sherbrooke
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Basohli Dogri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Basohli Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Basohli Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED