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
Luis Beltrán Spanish
Lebrija Spanish
Söğüt District Turkish
Smøla Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mikkeli Finnish
Pihtla municipality Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Diego City Council District 3 English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Minden-Lübbecke district German
Alfhausen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gotland Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gandhinagar South Gujarati via predicate surface "languageUsedInOfficialProceedings"
Gandhinagar South Hindi via predicate surface "languageUsedInOfficialProceedings" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Isla Mujeres Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oosterhout Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Keewaywin First Nation Oji-Cree via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Keewaywin First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Várpalota Hungarian NERFINISHED
Meierijstad Dutch
Maputo Province Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St. Truiden
surface form: Sint-Truiden
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Venice Italian
Salme municipality Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mairena del Aljarafe Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Norwegian Government Quarter Norwegian via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Romanshorn German NERFINISHED
Burleigh County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kilis Province Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingfisher Lake First Nation Oji-Cree via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kingfisher Lake First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aarburg German NERFINISHED
Sumbawa Regency Indonesian
Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin French
Kasabonika Lake First Nation Oji-Cree NERFINISHED
Kasabonika Lake First Nation English
Biscayne English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ramiswil German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Diego City Council District 6 English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Wairoa District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wairoa District Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bhandara district Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ørskog Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Aulnay-sous-Bois French
Sernancelhe Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Attiswil German
Singrauli district Hindi
Wallis Island French NERFINISHED
Villeparisis French
San Diego City Council District 7 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kireyevsk Russian
Bearskin Lake First Nation English