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
Richmond
surface form: Richmond, St. Mary
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Opfikon German
Picún Leufú Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Christopher Award English
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
surface form: Kolkata
Bengali NERFINISHED
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
surface form: Kolkata
English
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre English
South Bangka Regency Indonesian
EuroBasket 2005 English
EuroBasket 2005 Serbian
Henggang Subdistrict Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Băicoi Romanian
Oeno Island English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Yemeni unification of 1990 Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfNewState"
Protectorate of Peru Spanish
Gotarrendura Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vernet-les-Bains French
Calapan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Calapan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ereğli
surface form: Ereğli (Konya)
Turkish
Berlanga de Duero Spanish
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Don Benito Spanish
Delaware House of Representatives English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfProceedings"
Puerto Varas Commune Spanish
Kalehe Territory French
Kalehe Territory Swahili via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Sahil region Somali NERFINISHED
Sahil region Arabic
Eidskog Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Erkrath German
Wintersdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alt Buchhorst German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grünheide German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kagel German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kienbaum German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spreeau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Erkner German NERFINISHED
Romanian Old Kingdom Romanian NERFINISHED
Buynaksk dialect Russian (as state language of the Russian Federation) via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Mulegé Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saue municipality Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Neumarkt am Wallersee German
Thalgau German
Straßwalchen German
Hof bei Salzburg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hallwang German
Koppl German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mattsee German