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
Obertrum am See German
Seeham German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nußdorf am Haunsberg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lamprechtshausen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anthering German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Göming German
Ebenau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plainfeld German
Midt-Telemark municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Livingston
surface form: Livingston, California
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chieri Italian
Henndorf am Wallersee German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bürmoos German
Salzburger Land German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cascia Italian
Lepiku subdistrict Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iru subdistrict Estonian
Vasara subdistrict Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
province of Friesland
surface form: Friesland
Dutch
San Benito Filipino via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
San Benito English
Karauli Hindi
Huiliches Department Spanish
Triesenberg German
Rapla County Estonian
ʿIzz al-Dīn Kaykāʾūs I Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
San Luis Jilotepeque Spanish
Codrington English
Rampurhat Bengali NERFINISHED
State of Morelos Spanish
Kurshskaya Kosa National Park (Russia)
surface form: Kurshskaya Kosa National Park
Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carepa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Apartadó Spanish
Municipality of Necoclí Spanish
Municipality of Mutatá Spanish
Municipality of Chigorodó Spanish
Regional Government of Cusco Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marienplatz German
Saguenay, Quebec French
Barrios Unidos Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Engativá Spanish
Mohammerah Persian (as Khorramshahr) via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Gloucester City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anglo-Egyptian period English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Anglo-Egyptian period Arabic via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Bibbona Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sassetta Italian
Comune di Rio Italian
La Pila Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Piero in Campo Italian