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
Papineau Regional County Municipality French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Högsby Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lochkov, Czech Republic
surface form: Lochkov
Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
De Wijk Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Treuenbrietzen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rajgarh district Hindi
Kingdom of Montenegro Serbian
Vršac Serbian NERFINISHED
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Maria City Council English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Maruggio Italian NERFINISHED
Azcapotzalco, Mexico City Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valle Department Spanish
AfroBasket Women English
AfroBasket Women French
Pfeffingen German
Twinsburg English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
The Best FIFA Women's Player English
The Best FIFA Women's Player French
The Best FIFA Women's Player Spanish
Montefrío Spanish
Lanjarón Spanish
FISU World University Championships English
FISU World University Championships French
Seljuk Rum period Persian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Shumen Province Bulgarian
Shumen Bulgarian NERFINISHED
Ilanz German NERFINISHED
Ilanz Romansh NERFINISHED
Sabzevar County Persian NERFINISHED
Percut Sei Tuan Indonesian
West Park, Florida English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Livadeia Greek
Purranque Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
city of Vélez-Málaga
surface form: Vélez-Málaga
Spanish
Western sectors of Berlin German via predicate surface "officialLanguages"
Quartier Napoléon French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Mateare Spanish
Aldeia do Mato e Souto Portuguese
Alvega e Concavada Portuguese NERFINISHED
Bemposta Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Carvalhal
surface form: Carvalhal (Abrantes)
Portuguese
Fontes Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Martinchel Portuguese
Mouriscas Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pego Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Waterland municipality
surface form: Waterland
Dutch NERFINISHED
Katwoude Dutch
Zedde Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sarmiento Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"