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
Petit-Canal French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port-Louis French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Franconian Lake District German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
district Frickenfelden
surface form: Frickenfelden
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
district Maicha
surface form: Maicha
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
district Oberwurmbach
surface form: Oberwurmbach
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
district Sinderlach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
district Wald German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arese, Italy
surface form: Arese
Italian
Le Roeulx French
Trammplatz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Vana-Mustamäe Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Esslingen district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Piossasco Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brooklyn Community District 7 English
Ayn al-Arab District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance English
Laurens, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Osijek-Baranja County Croatian
Lubombo region
surface form: Lubombo Region
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lubombo region
surface form: Lubombo Region
siSwati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maullín Commune Spanish
Mwenga Territory French
Mwenga Territory Swahili via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Orkanger Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Freising district German
Rómulo Gallegos Municipality, Guárico Spanish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Gmina Busko-Zdrój Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of South Korea Korean
Municipality of Middelburg Dutch
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic Russian
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic Karelian
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic Finnish
Strépy-Bracquegnies French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rochefort French
Botoșani Romanian NERFINISHED
Gitwinksihlkw English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pacific Tourism Organisation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Lazica Laz language
Minas Department Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Mid Glamorgan County Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Mid Glamorgan County Council Welsh via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vukovar-Srijem County Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CFB Borden English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CFB Borden French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marche-en-Famenne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Waalwijk, Netherlands
surface form: Waalwijk
Dutch
Imperial Abbey of Herford Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Province of Bali Indonesian
Denpasar Timur Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"