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
Wasseramt region German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aesch (Basel-Landschaft) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wisen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hauenstein-Ifenthal German
Rothrist German
Feldbrunnen German
Pontresina German NERFINISHED
Pontresina Romansh NERFINISHED
Zernez Romansh NERFINISHED
Zernez German NERFINISHED
La Punt-Chamues-ch German
La Punt-Chamues-ch Romansh NERFINISHED
Ministry of Defense of Côte d’Ivoire French
Haidong Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie French
Swiss National Science Foundation German
Swiss National Science Foundation French
Swiss National Science Foundation Italian
Swiss National Science Foundation English
Penwith District Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Shimla district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shimla district Pahari languages via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Wolfhagen German
Hofgeismar German
Seljuks of Rum Persian
Sontheim an der Brenz German NERFINISHED
Hearst, Ontario English
Hearst, Ontario French
Sandy Lake First Nation Oji-Cree via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sandy Lake First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chapleau English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chapleau French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde Bosnian
Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde Croatian
Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde Serbian NERFINISHED
Kabupaten Bone Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magelang Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
R4 building Norwegian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin Welsh NERFINISHED
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin English
Megalo Chorio
surface form: Megalo Chorio (Tilos)
Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Livadia
surface form: Livadia (Tilos)
Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Tilos Greek
municipality of Lipsi Greek
municipality of Agathonisi Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lipsi municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leros regional unit Greek
Regional Council of Gotland Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kwale English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kwale Swahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED