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
Betzdorf French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Betzdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zell am Harmersbach German
Villemoisson-sur-Orge French
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily)
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Italian
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily)
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Neapolitan NERFINISHED
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily)
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Sicilian
Saxe-Merseburg German
Courgenay French
Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese
Lubliniec Polish
Äänekoski Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bergheim German
canton of Schwyz German
Medenine Governorate Arabic
Saint-Michel-sur-Orge French
canton of Zug German
Meerbeke Dutch
Shuangyashan Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ieper Dutch
Stettlen German
Seixal Portuguese
Geldern German
Épinay-sous-Sénart French
Kanegem Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barreiro Portuguese NERFINISHED
Willstätt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil French
Oldekerk Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Soisy-sur-Seine French
Meißenheim German
Draveil French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grigny French
Prostějov Czech
Schwanau German
Tussenhausen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Butler County, Kansas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nieuwegein Dutch
Saintry-sur-Seine French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aalst Dutch
Bilecik Turkish
Morsang-sur-Seine French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Veenendaal Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villiers-sur-Orge French
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon French
Upper Valais German
Miyama Japanese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Wals-Siezenheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lamu County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lamu County Swahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED