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
Kemijärvi Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Roskilde Municipality Danish
municipality of Wijchen Dutch language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Uden
surface form: Uden
Dutch
Tuar Mhic Éadaigh Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United States (across the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario)
surface form: United States
English
Superior Electoral Court of Brazil Portuguese
Gerlafingen German
Hochwald German
Almoloya de Juárez Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Juan de Aznalfarache Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Commissioner of Kanpur Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipal Commissioner of Kanpur English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Île-des-Soeurs French
Elverum municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Bagua, Peru Spanish
Deux-Sèvres French
Ley 16/1985 del Patrimonio Histórico Español español via predicate surface "idiomaOficial"
Nemaska, Quebec Cree NERFINISHED
Nemaska, Quebec French
Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar Swahili
XIV Olympic Winter Games Serbo-Croatian
XIV Olympic Winter Games English
XIV Olympic Winter Games French
Ontario, Canada (across Lake Erie)
surface form: Ontario
English
Consulate General of Pakistan in Chicago English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Consulate General of Pakistan in Chicago Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nawa District (Ghazni) Pashto via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nawa District (Ghazni) Dari via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Póvoa de Varzim Portuguese
Beaverlodge English via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Palacký Bridge Czech via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfLocation"
Executive Tower of Uruguay Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kerinci Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pekalongan Regency (administratively separate from regency area)
surface form: Pekalongan Regency
Indonesian
Jalapa, Veracruz Spanish
Eastern Bank of the Uruguay River Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Mikro Chorio
surface form: Mikro Chorio (Agathonisi)
Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Victoria district
surface form: La Victoria District
Spanish
Albret Communauté French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Korhogo French
Šilutė Lithuanian
Rendang Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Köstritz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
cantonal authorities of Neuchâtel French
Baksan Urban Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Chęciny Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Daleszyce Polish
Gmina Masłów Polish
Gmina Miedziana Góra Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"